It’s clear not everyone is happy, but Alberta is locked in, and this quasi-separation vote is set for October.

The specific question obviously wasn’t the government’s first choice. I doubt it was anyone’s first choice. With the courts having stymied the separatist petition — and potentially also the government if it copied and pasted the same question — they found a palatable Plan B.

Specifically, that means asking the following question: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

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It’s clear that the two options are stand-ins for the two sides of this debate. However, there is ambiguity as to what the results of this vote entail.

A resounding “remain” vote would make it difficult for the separatist side to keep this issue at the forefront, but I don’t think they’d just fold their........

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