Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the Oct. 19 referendum results have given her government a mandate to work towards giving Alberta more control over immigration and public services, as well as pursuing constitutional reforms.
Preliminary results indicate that a majority of Albertans voted “Yes” on eight of the nine referendum questions unrelated to separation, while about three-quarters voted “No” on Question 10, which asked whether to hold a separation referendum.
Smith celebrated Albertans’ decision to keep the province part of Canada and said she would not hold another separation referendum.
“Albertans will continue to be Canadians,” Smith said in a televised address on Oct. 20….