Legal proceedings are underway in Edmonton to decide whether an Alberta separatist group is allowed to launch a referendum on whether or not the province should separate from Canada and become a sovereign nation.
During deliberations that began Nov. 19 and are set to run to Nov. 21, Justice Colin Feasby of the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton heard arguments from the non-profit Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) co-founder and counsel Jeffrey Rath and others about the constitutionality of allowing a referendum on Alberta independence.
The application to hold a referendum was submitted by APP executive director Mitch Sylvestre this past July and poses the question to Albertans: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?”…