Alberta Premier Danielle Smith got nearly all of the results she wanted from the Oct. 19 referendum, but she now faces constitutional and practical hurdles to carrying out the changes voters endorsed.
Preliminary results as of the evening of Oct. 20, with 90 percent of voting locations reporting, showed that a majority of Albertans voted “Yes” on eight of the nine questions aimed at giving Alberta more control over immigration and provincial services, as well as pursuing various constitutional changes. As votes on some proposals, particularly those related to constitutional reform, are close, some results could change as votes from all locations are counted….