Bell: Danielle Smith's Big Beautiful Ballot is next October, immigration is one issue An interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Albertans heading to a referendum vote in the fall of 2026 |
An interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Albertans heading to a referendum vote in the fall of 2026
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The official decision on what the ballot looks like will come early in the new year, likely in February.
The official referendum vote by Albertans, known by some as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Big Beautiful Ballot, will come, the smart money says, in October of 2026.
And, unless Chicken Little is right and the sky is falling, Albertans will proceed to vote on the Alberta government exercising more control over immigration.
Almost eight in ten Albertans support the idea, according to professional polling done for the Alberta Next panel headed up by Smith, a group who travelled the province taking the political temperature of Albertans.
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