Braid: Pro-Canada question could get the nod in upcoming referendum on Alberta's future |
Albertans will likely vote on a pro-Canada question Oct. 19 — referendum day in Alberta.
“That’s what the (legislature) committee is looking at right now,” Premier Danielle Smith said at a news conference Thursday.
The premier read out Thomas Lukaszuk’s entire rationale for his Forever Canadian question: “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?”
Referring to his petition, she said, “We had 450,000 people sign on to this, expecting a referendum.
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“I know that the proponent has changed his mind afterwards, and he just wants it to go to the legislature.
“But that’s what we’re having to talk to Elections Alberta about, to justice officials about, because it does seem to me that this is kind of a legal process initiated in a legal way with precise language.
“Some people signed on a certain expectation, and so we’re just trying to get some direction from the committee on that.”
The direction she expects from the UCP-dominated committee, obviously, is using the Forever Canadian question.
Until now, it seemed unlikely Lukaszuk’s question would be on the ballot.
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