Alberta’s separatist drive isn’t really a fight for the future of Canada.

It’s a battle for the United Conservative Party.

The latest polling from Janet Brown, commissioned by the CBC, shows separatist support is stuck at 27 per cent, while 67 per cent will vote against leaving Canada.

The only income group with plurality support for separation — 47 per cent — is people earning more than $150,000 who have trouble paying their bills.

There’s no evidence in this poll that general support for independence is above its usual level, just below 30 per cent.

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Except in one category — UCP voters.

Fifty-seven per cent want separation. Only 34 per cent are against.

“That was evident from the reaction that I got at the UCP annual general meeting, when over 85 per cent of the room stood up and gave a standing ovation for Alberta independence,” says Jeffrey Rath, counsel for the Alberta Prosperity Society and Stay Free Alberta.

Rath had shouted out the question, and in return got a loud voice poll on how........

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