US EditionAlberta plans referendum to wrest control over immigration from Canadian government
Premier Smith seeks Albertans' vote on nine questions to limit immigration access and enhance provincial constitutional powers amid financial challenges, including a projected multibillion-dollar deficit.
- Alberta will hold a referendum this fall to ask residents if its government should limit the number of new immigrants, international students and temporary foreign workers arriving in the province.
- Premier Danielle Smith announced that her government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on October 19, including proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants.
- Smith says the pace of newcomers arriving in Alberta needs to match the supply of homes, schools and hospitals.
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Toronto, Canada, Feb. 20 (EFE).- The head of government of the Canadian province of Alberta, Danielle Smith, this Friday defended the holding of a referendum to control migration in her territory, the richest in the country, and insisted that immigration is the cause of the provincial deficit. Smith stated in a press conference that he wants Alberta to have a model similar to that of another Canadian province, Quebec, which allows her “total con…
Alberta plans referendum to wrest control over immigration from Canadian government
Alberta will hold a referendum this fall to ask residents if its government should limit the number of new international students, temporary foreign workers and asylum seekers arriving in the oil-rich Canadian province.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends referendum questions on benefits for newcomers
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