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“…uld choose us back — Carson Jerema; Failure was inevitable for Alberta separatists — Colby Cosh; and The awakened separatist dragon will not easily go back to sleep — John Ivison, all Oct. 20 This week’s referendum in Alberta could result in both good and…”

“Most in the separation camp predicted results of at least 30 per cent, with one even suggesting 55 per cent, insisting that a hidden separatist vote would materialize once Albertans entered the privacy of the voting booth.”

“The results of Monday’s Alberta referendum question on separation from Canada won’t be official for more than a week, but all indications are that the separatist movement was handed a sound defeat.”

“Sadly, for Canada, as we mindlessly follow Carney off the international cliff like lemmings, we refuse to address the constitutional dysfunction in our own country that fuels not one but two separatist movements.”

“God, guns and grievances: Alberta’s separatists make their case for independence The 100 or so like-minded separatists gathered in a small conference space to discuss the future of Alberta are a collection of various anti-establishment or libertarian-leaning…”

“About 100 like-minded Alberta separatists — including a few of the most prominent voices in the pro-independence movement — are gathered in this small conference space to discuss the future of Alberta.”

“Mind you, some of the organizers and self-appointed leaders of the separatist movement seemed convinced of not only their own credibility, but also the idea that they somehow have a duty or a mandate to begin establishing a new country.”

“Similarly, Findlay hired and then fired Apollo Chung (formerly of the separatist Alberta Republican Party) as caucus operations director this summer.”

“Kenney has long been one of Alberta’s most vocal anti-independence voices, and he wrote on Tuesday that the separatist campaign was causing “patriotic conservative voters to support the Liberals and NDP.””

“Then he finds what he came for: groups such as Albertans4Freedom and United Alberta flags, the “bald-faced” separatist, talk of an independent Judeo-Christian nation, and a push to vote yes on Oct. 19 to a question that would start Alberta down the path to…”

“The separatists couldn’t reasonably have asked for (and could not produce) a more Alberta-identitarian group of advisors and technical specialists.”

“While Carney’s efforts to appease Alberta haven’t convinced the separatist movement’s core supporters, people said, the swing in popularity could be enough to nudge more neutral voters away from outright separation.”

“It confused me a little to see little groups of Alberta separatists heading to a rally with flags, blue hockey sweaters, and posters at the Legislature grounds last weekend.”

“In time, Canada and the U.S. may become the friendly continental yokemates they once were; and at that very time there might be a serious danger in the existence of an Alberta “separatist” movement full of republican closet cases.”