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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's binding vote talk polarizes separation debate You should remember that Thomas Lukaszuk didn’t start his Forever Canadian movement to give Albertans a chance to show how they really didn’t want to separate in a provincewide vote. He was trying to give Premier Danielle Smith a black eye.

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's binding vote talk polarizes separation debate

You should remember that Thomas Lukaszuk didn’t start his Forever Canadian movement to give Albertans a chance to show how they really didn’t want to separate in a provincewide vote. He was trying to give Premier Danielle Smith a black eye.

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He didn’t want a pro-Canada referendum as much has he wanted to force a legislature vote.

Even though Lukaszuk was a........

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