An Alberta judge has ruled that a review of the constitutionality of a proposed referendum question on the province’s separation from Canada can move forward, saying that a vote with national implications requires a full hearing.
Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby delivered his decision on Aug. 14, a week after hearing arguments on whether the review of the question should be dismissed.
Mitch Sylvestre, an executive with the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP)—the referendum proponent—filed a motion to strike the review last week, with his lawyer arguing the referral for a review is “premature, unnecessary, and potentially unconstitutional.”…