Alberta’s government has released the official wording and procedural details for the referendum question to be held Oct. 19 on whether Alberta should stay in Canada or begin the legal process to hold a binding referendum to separate.
Smith and the cabinet of her United Conservative Party (UCP) government issued an order in council that confirmed details of the timing of the vote and the precise referendum question that will be on the ballot Oct. 19.
The referendum question will offer voters two options. The first states “Alberta should remain a province of Canada,” while the second reads that “the Government of Alberta should commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada.”…