“In the weeks and months ahead, Albertans will have an opportunity to discuss our province’s future, assess various options for strengthening and protecting our province against future hostile acts from Ottawa, and to ultimately choose a path forward,” she said in a statement Tuesday.
“As Premier, I will facilitate and lead this discussion and process with the sincere hope of securing a prosperous future for our province within a united Canada that respects our province’s constitutional rights, facilitates rather than blocks the development and export of our abundant resources, and treats us as a valued and respected partner within Confederation.”
Ms. Smith’s new proposals also include reintroducing corporate and union donations to parties, constituency associations, prospective candidate associations, leadership contestants and third-party election advertisers, including those campaigning in referendums. It also eased spending limits, among other changes.
Both the provincial New Democratic Party and the UCP previously took steps to limit the amount of corporate and union money in the electoral system.
I am interested in how they expect to deal with ALL of the Treaty and unceded Indigenous lands. I’m not Indigenous but from what I’ve heard and read from many Indigenous people in the area of Alberta, they are not likely to want to go with Alberta.
There’s also all of the federal land in Alberta (military bases, natl parks, etc.) I agree with the other comments on how dumb of a move this would be for them. Did they learn nothing from Brexit? Do they KNOW about Brexit?!