Subhead:The separatist APP filed its petition July 4, and will have 120 days to collect 177,000 signatures.#
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The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) proposed a clear referendum question: “Do you agree that Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?” This complies with the Clarity Act.
Thomas Lukaszuk, former Progressive Conservative MLA and deputy premier, has a competing petition to keep Alberta in Canada. Approved June 30 before the new rules took effect, his petition needs 294,000 signatures.
This non-binding policy question, which Elections Alberta hasn’t recognized as constitutional, is a tactic to prevent a legitimate secession question for five years if it fails to gather signatures.
