Alberta voters decisively reject move toward separation from Canada
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Alberta voters decisively rejected a proposal to begin the legal process toward independence from Canada in a nonbinding referendum Monday, according to projections by CBC and CTV.
Preliminary results from Elections Alberta showed nearly 77% voting to remain in Canada and about 23% supporting steps toward a future binding separation vote, with roughly 1 million ballots counted. CBC called the result after about one-third of the vote had been tallied.
“Albertans made a clear choice. They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who opposes independence, said she was “very pleased” with the early results and planned to address the province Tuesday.
Smith called the referendum after pressure from members of her United Conservative Party, saying the vote would establish Albertans’ wishes and allow the province to move on. The separatist campaign argued that Alberta’s energy wealth subsidizes other parts of Canada and that federal energy and environmental policies have treated the province unfairly.
The vote was Canada’s first referendum on separation outside Quebec, which rejected independence in two previous referendums. Some Alberta separatist leaders said before Monday’s vote that they would continue campaigning even after a defeat.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Replace the unsourced referendum years with the sourced statement that Quebec rejected independence in two previous referendums. - "which rejected independence in referendums in 1980 and 1995": The source material supports that Quebec held two previous separation referendums, but it does not provide both years; 1995 is unsourced.
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Alberta voters decisively reject move toward separation from Canada
Alberta voters decisively rejected a proposal to begin the legal process toward independence from Canada in a nonbinding referendum Monday, according to projections by CBC and CTV.
Preliminary results from Elections Alberta showed nearly 77% voting to remain in Canada and about 23% supporting steps toward a future binding separation vote, with roughly 1 million ballots counted. CBC called the result after about one-third of the vote had been tallied.
“Albertans made a clear choice. They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who opposes independence, said she was “very pleased” with the early results and planned to address the province Tuesday.
Smith called the referendum after pressure from members of her United Conservative Party, saying the vote would establish Albertans’ wishes and allow the province to move on. The separatist campaign argued that Alberta’s energy wealth subsidizes other parts of Canada and that federal energy and environmental policies have treated the province unfairly.
The vote was Canada’s first referendum on separation outside Quebec, which rejected independence in referendumstwo inprevious 1980 and 1995.referendums. Some Alberta separatist leaders said before Monday’s vote that they would continue campaigning even after a defeat.
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