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“From the reports that we’re getting, I am reasonably comfortable that we will definitely reach that 300,000 mark,” he said. “But we need more.”
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The campaign hopes to exceed the 300,000 mark by about 10 per cent, Lukaszuk said, pointing to uncertainty about the rate of invalid or rejected signatures.
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Once the petition is submitted, Alberta’s chief electoral officer will review and validate the petition, removing signatures with errors or omissions.
If the threshold is met, the petition will then be presented to the Speaker of the legislature. Lukaszuk said the premier would then face two options: allow MLAs to vote on the question about wanting to stay in Canada, or leave it to a referendum.
“If this question passes, which I have no doubt in my mind that it would, this would be the end of this conversation,” he said. “No more division, no more talk about separation, and our provincial government can focus on things that I think matter more to Albertans than talking about separation.”
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https://calgaryherald.com/news/polit...000-signatures
I think I have to question the naivety of that last bit. Like, you've been a politician in Alberta for a long time, and you can still claim to know how these jackasses will move forward, in a way that is opposite to everything we know about them? Come on Tom, you sound like you just fell off the turnip truck.
Anyway, good job to everyone who worked hard on humiliating our premier with this. Solid work.