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Rob Breakenridge: Smith doesn't owe separatists a referendum If Smith believes that it falls to her to put the separatist question on the ballot, then it would make sense for a general election to come before that

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Rob Breakenridge: Smith doesn't owe separatists a referendum

If Smith believes that it falls to her to put the separatist question on the ballot, then it would make sense for a general election to come before that

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It would be quite a lurch for Danielle Smith to go from celebrating a major win-win for Alberta and Canada to then unleashing a referendum on breaking up the country.

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