US EditionStockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it’s dangerous for Tories
- Former Conservative MP Stockwell Day from Edmonton warned on May 16, 2025, that Alberta’s proposed referendum on separation risks splitting Conservative support and strengthening Liberals.
- This warning follows Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent bill to ease citizen-initiated referendums, including votes on separation, amid ongoing Indigenous backlash and legal limits on unilateral secession.
- A Leger poll conducted May 9-12 of 1,000 Albertans found majority opposition to separation scenarios, with 67% opposing Alberta as an independent country and 80% against joining the U.S.
- Day stated he does not believe separatists would reach 50% referendum support and expressed support for more provincial control of resources and health care while cautioning against risking Alberta’s future in Canada.
- Day’s comments imply that the separatist movement could revive vote-splitting that historically weakened Conservatives, suggesting federal parties must address Western grievances to avoid political instability.
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Danielle Smith’s Separatist Mess
Danielle Smith has a separatist problem. Recent polling suggests that while most Albertans would like their province to remain part of Canada, supporters of her own United Conservative Party want secession. For Smith, the problem has become too big to ignore, raising the question of how seriously the movement for independence should be taken. The movement does appear to be growing, both within her base and more generally, and it’s put the premie…
Stockwell Day Supports Referendum in Alberta, but Warns Conservatives - Canada French
OTTAWA — The Alberta separatist movement is a danger to the federal Conservative Party, said former Conservative MP Stockwell Day. "I will lose friends by saying this: it will only divide the vote and strengthen the Liberal position," he said in an interview in Edmonton. In the last federal election, more than 1.4 million Albertans voted for a Conservative candidate and elected 34 of the 143 members of the party. Day believes that an independent…
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