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Originally Posted by WideReceiver

How do we know Dani won’t ignore the petition and carry on as usual?

The rules are actually pretty clear on this and what happens should the petition be successful:

https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-i...ative-process/

If I remember correctly, the Forever-Canadian petition is actually a Policy Petition, which means these are the steps required to be taken:

Policy Proposal

1. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall lay the proposal before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, or if it is not then sitting, within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting.
2. Within 10 sitting days, the Government shall bring forward a motion to have the proposal referred to a committee of the Legislative Assembly.
3. Within 90 days if the Assembly is sitting, or within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting, the committee may either table a report with respect to the policy proposal at the earliest practicable opportunity or table a report recommending the policy proposal be referred to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the purpose of a referendum.
4. A referendum must be held on or before the fixed date of the next provincial general election. If that date is less than one year after the date the recommendation is tabled, the referendum must be held before the provincial general election following the next provincial general election.

This is a very interesting strategy because it will force the UCP to review the question as it is worded and discuss whether it needs to be in a referendum or not. If the UCP are not careful they could out themselves as separatists on record in the Legislative, which would make national headlines.