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Lorne Gunter: Federalists need to conquer apathy to defeat Alberta separatists in October

The Alberta government and pro-Canada factions in the province need to up their game to hand separatism a death-knell

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The biggest obstacle to defeating the separatists in this October’s referendum will be apathy.

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Poll after poll shows federalists leading by a margin of at least two-to-one. But the separatists will be more highly motivated to come out to the polls.

If the separatists turn out........

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