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Originally Posted by Wolven
Wow. I hoped the number would be that big but I am still blown away by that.
The UCP and separatists have to be looking at that number and wondering if they maybe poked a bear bigger than they can handle.
With this being a Legislative or Policy petition, this likely means that the UCP are now going to have to discuss the petition in the house, send it to committee and review the findings of the committee. It locks up the topic for months and blocks the other question from going anywhere. |
Yup. And as I understand it, assuming the count is validated the UCP have to either have a vote in the house to accept the premise of the question "Alberta should remain in Canada" or send it to a referendum at the next election.
Absolutely incredible to get almost half a million signatures. Sure, some will be invalidated but that leaves so much room to clear the (very high) threshold. Go #### yourselves separatists.