At least six in 10 Albertans would choose to stay in Canada if they were to cast their votes on the province’s proposed separation referendum question today, a new poll suggests.
The Angus Reid poll released this week found that 60 percent of those surveyed said they would vote no to the official referendum question, while 35 percent said they would vote yes. Five percent were unsure.
But poll also found that many voters said they are confused by the phrasing of the question Premier Danielle Smith plans to include in the upcoming provincial referendum.
Smith announced plans last week to place a question on the October referendum ballot that will ask Albertans whether they wish to keep the province within Canada or prefer a future binding referendum on the issue of separation….