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“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said a high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of the United Conservative Party.”

“Instead, going forward, Smith and the governing United Conservative Party will have to contend with a motivated and more organized separatist movement turning their efforts to oust the premier and take further control of the party.”

“Get daily National news The separation question was added after Smith said she disagreed with the ruling of a Court of King’s Bench judge that quashed a separatist petition in May, saying the provincial government had a duty to consult with First Nations…”

“Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s…”

““The (separatist) movement, as a whole, is very active online, it has this disproportionate footprint, that people look at it and think ‘this feels inauthentic … how is support in this province low for this movement, but their online presence is so big?’””

“Supporters of Alberta’s separatist movement have recently claimed on social media that restrictions around who can assign scrutineers to polling stations risk undermining the Alberta referendum on Monday, Oct. 19.”

“In March, as separatism talk swirled, chiefs converged on the legislature and called on Smith’s government to nip the separatist movement in the bud.”

“She said she’ll be paying attention to how the current technologies might affect the referendum results and the future of Alberta’s separation movement.”

“Ghazal suggested the American government could have an interest in separatist movements in both Quebec and Alberta, adding that it is not up to Trump to decide who is elected in either province.”

“Overall, Ipsos said their data suggests that Canadians are feeling more united despite separatist sentiment taking up the oxygen in Quebec and Alberta.”

“Manning says he seen opinion polls outside Alberta that suggest that many see her as a separatist.”

“In addition to leading a successful legal firm, the Calgary lawyer has become one of the Alberta separatist movement’s most visible advocates in recent years, crisscrossing the province for town halls, travelling to Washington to meet with American officials,…”