{"id":2605772,"date":"2026-05-22T08:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alberta-sets-referendum-date-for-province-to-separate-from-canada\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:55:14","slug":"alberta-sets-referendum-date-for-province-to-separate-from-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alberta-sets-referendum-date-for-province-to-separate-from-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta sets referendum date for province to separate from Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falberta-sets-referendum-date-for-province-to-separate-from-canada%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has set a referendum date-Oct. 19-on whether the province should separate from Canada. If approved, it would begin the legal steps for Alberta to hold a second <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >binding separation vote<\/a> later, marking the first time any province besides Quebec has put separation to its residents.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said the matter is about getting Albertans\u2019 views and moving on, and she indicated she would vote to keep Alberta in Canada. The separatist group Stay Free Alberta says it collected over 301,000 signatures for the campaign. Many Albertans argue Ottawa neglects the province despite Alberta being a major net contributor, citing concerns about federal funding and equalization. Polling suggests the separation measure is unlikely to pass.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday set the date for a referendum deciding whether the province will move to separate from<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\"> Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provincial vote is scheduled to take place on Oct. 19, and will mark the first time in Canadian history that a province other than Quebec has put the question of separation to the public. If residents greenlight the measure, it will trigger the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-impeachment-managers-demand-trump-testify-in-senate-trial\/\" title=\"House Impeachment Managers Demand Trump Testify in Senate Trial\">legal process<\/a> for Canada\u2019s fourth most populous province to hold a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-faculty-revolt-against-china-partnership\/\" title=\"Cornell Faculty Revolt Against China Partnership\">binding vote<\/a> on separation at a later date.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4578093\/russia-active-support-cuba-us-castro-regime\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia promises \u2018active support\u2019 for Cuba as US presses Castro regime<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4577643\/british-radio-station-apologize-inaccurate-report-king-charles-death\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>British radio station apologizes after inaccurately reporting King Charles\u2019 death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4577475\/carney-trump-un-teleprompter-conspiracy-theory\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Carney pokes fun at Trump\u2019s UN teleprompter \u2018conspiracy theory\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s time to have a vote, understand the will of Albertans on this subject, and move on,\u201d Smith said during a televised address.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes after separatist group Stay Free Alberta <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffreyRWRath\/status\/2057631432474812556\">said<\/a> that they\u2019d collected more than 301,000 signatures <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4554889\/alberta-independence-referendum-makes-next-step-what-to-know\/\">in support of their campaign<\/a>. That\u2019s a fraction of Alberta\u2019s total population, which sits at<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/economicdashboard.alberta.ca\/dashboard\/population-quarterly\/\"> 5 million people<\/a> as of January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many in the western Canadian province feel they\u2019re neglected by Ottawa, as it is by far the largest net contributor to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a>, yet gets little direct funding in return.\u00a0The Canadian federal government disperses more funding to provinces and territories that don\u2019t have as significant an income of their own in a process called <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-finance\/programs\/federal-transfers\/equalization.html\">equalization<\/a>. The process addresses \u201cfiscal disparities among provinces,\u201d according to the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said she would vote in favor of Alberta remaining a part of Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4536227\/mark-carney-canada-trump-us-relations-take-back-control\/\"><strong>CARNEY SAYS CANADA NEEDS TO \u2018TAKE BACK CONTROL\u2019 WITH US RELATIONS FRAUGHT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is how I would vote on separation in a provincial referendum,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is also the position of my government and my caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polling indicates the separation effort will fail to hold the necessary support for the measure\u2019s passage. Should Alberta secede, it would strike a blow to Ottawa, as the province has the fourth-largest such reserves in the world, after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta sets Oct. 19 vote on whether to separate from Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2605773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26128497305867.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20303,3957,20766,10587],"class_list":["post-2605772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alberta","tag-canada","tag-referendum","tag-separation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26128497305867.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605776,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605772\/revisions\/2605776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}