Alberta Referendum Question Takes Aim at Federal Paramountcy

Alberta referendum question takes aim at federal paramountcy

Premier Danielle Smith has highlighted federal-provincial jurisdictional overlap on her list of what she calls Ottawa’s 'nine bad laws.'

The other nine referendum questions in Alberta

Question ten, the separation question, has been getting all the attention. But there are another nine questions being put to Albertans in Monday's referendum. What are they?

What about Alberta’s nine other referendum questions?

Premier Danielle Smith is asking voters to consider policies that would upend immigration and require reopening the Constitution

Nenshi urges voters to reject nine other questions, vote to remain as referendum begins

Separatists and federalists alike have turned their attention towards the nine non-separation questions this week as referendum voting begins. Both opposition leader Naheed Nenshi and separatist organizer Jeffrey Rath are calling them a distraction, but disagree on how Albertans should respond.