The separatist surge in Alberta is starting to wane.

An Ipsos poll, done for Global News, finds support for leaving Canada has dropped from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.

The plunge has occurred since the last poll in January.

This is welcome but not surprising.

The separatist project is finally crashing into the real world — the enormous cost of leaving, national, Indigenous and local opposition, and Premier Danielle Smith emerging from a cloud of ambiguity to argue unequivocally for Canada.

The leak of personal election data of nearly three million Alberta voters may be hurting the separatist cause, as well. It’s finally clear that some of the leaders don’t just say crazy things, they do crazy things.

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“Alberta separatists have a huge hill to climb if they want to get majority support in the October Alberta referendum,” Ipsos says.

“Currently, only two in 10 (19 per cent) say they would vote for the option to hold a future binding........

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