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Raymond J. de Souza: Will Alberta prove a model to emulate in the age of upset?

The province has plenty of experience with grievance politics

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CALGARY — When Albertans vote this October on whether they should vote to separate from Canada at some point, it will be 40 years to the month that Preston Manning gathered a few close advisers to discuss what would become the Reform Party a year later. The slogan then was “The West Wants In.” Now the question is whether Alberta wants out or, to be precise, whether Albertans want to be asked about whether Alberta wants out.

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No snide remarks, please, about Alberta’s referendum question. Compared to the ambiguities and obfuscations of the Quebec questions in 1980 and 1995, Alberta’s ballot paper will be a model of clean, clear prose.

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