Fact Check: Smith Confirms Option 2 Victory Would Trigger Path to Binding Alberta Independence Vote

Smith Reveals Plans for a Binding Separation Referendum

The premier tells a UCP gathering she would move quickly if people vote yes in October.

Fact Check: Smith confirms Option 2 victory would trigger path to binding Alberta independence vote

Subhead:Option 2 asks voters to direct the Alberta government to commence the legal process required to hold a binding provincial referendum on Alberta ceasing to be part of Canada.#   For months, Albertans have heard conflicting claims about what an Option 2 victory on October 19 would actually mean. Now, there is considerably more clarity. Premier Danielle Smith says that if Option 2 wins, her government would move ahead with a binding referen…

Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's binding vote talk polarizes separation debate

You should remember that Thomas Lukaszuk didn’t start his Forever Canadian movement to give Albertans a chance to show how they really didn’t want to separate in a provincewide vote. He was trying to give Premier Danielle Smith a black eye.

Danielle Smith muses about holding binding separation vote before next year’s general election

If Alberta separatists manage to eke out a victory in Danielle Smith’s Oct. 19 referendum, she says she’ll “have to” move quickly to a binding referendum before voters have a chance to pass judgment on her United Conservative Party Government in a general election.  So say couple of far-right, pro-separatist outlets that are normally simpatico with UCP positions on most issues, anyway. As of last night, no one else seems to have reported the Alb…