When Premier Danielle Smith took to the airwaves in May to announce that Albertans would be casting ballots on our province’s future in Canada, she framed it as a chance to put the issue to rest.

As Smith put it: “It’s time to have a vote, understand the will of Albertans on this subject, and move on.”

Well, we had the vote. The lopsided victory for the Remain side makes it clear what the will of Albertans is. So, yes, we should now be able to move on.

Whether we do, though, remains an open question.

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Separatists will point out that one-in-four voted for independence, representing hundreds of thousands of Albertans. Of course, the separatist argument in the late stages of the campaign was that independence wasn’t actually on the ballot.

Instead, even those opposed to separatism were assured they could safely vote for Option 2 and send a strong message to Ottawa.

As it turns out, many Albertans did see merit in that approach. A recent poll from Abacus........

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