What is Premier Danielle Smith going to do?

How is the Smith government going to get out of this jam?

At this point you’re no doubt asking: What are you talking about?

Read this column carefully. Don’t rush to a conclusion. Follow the stickhandling around the political land mines. The referendum question may not be what you think it is.

Intrigue. That’s the word.

There is intrigue surrounding what Smith and her inner circle will decide and what the premier will announce to the province on TV Thursday.

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The vote might not be what you expect if what you expect is a straight-up question on Alberta independence.

Stay in Canada or leave Canada.

No one in the know is saying a word.

On Wednesday, a group of Alberta politicians with Smith’s UCP in the majority recommends a provincial referendum so Albertans can vote on whether Alberta should remain in Canada and the independence question is on the ballot in some way, shape and form.

The UCP are accepting the pro-Canada petition, a campaign led by former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk.

Yes, a pro-Canada petition signed by hundreds of........

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