Thousands of people attended a rally in Calgary’s Stampede Park this week in support of Alberta separation, with many lining up before the rally to add their names to a petition list to urge the province to separate from Canada.
Pro-independence group Stay Free Alberta organized the event and collected signatures outside of the Big Four Roadhouse ahead of the rally on Jan. 26 for the petition submitted to Elections Alberta by Alberta Prosperity Project, calling for a referendum on separating from Canada.
The petition asks Albertans: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?” Proponents of the petition have until May 2 to collect 177,732 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast in the last provincial general election….