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“OTTAWA and MIRROR, Alta. — A fractured movement, a premier in the hot seat and a cowboy-hat-toting separatist kicked out of her party.”

“There, the separatist movement was spearheaded by political nobodies playing dress-up as revolutionaries.”

“EDMONTON — A turbulent campaign that pitted federalists against separatists over Alberta’s future in Canada ended with the remain side securing an overwhelming victory.”

“Jeffrey Rath, one of the leading figures in Alberta’s the separatist movement, said the supporters were feeling upbeat about the vote.”

“And Mulroney’s two failed accords also fuelled the rise of the Reform Party and its movement of Alberta grievance (including about the composition of the Senate) that you could argue is the forerunner of today’s separatists.”

“Both events ask the same question: Who is included in the vision of Canadian separatist movements?”

“EDMONTON — A key separatist leader rejected calls to end the campaign for Alberta’s secession if the province’s independence movement loses the vote in Monday’s referendum.”

“While Kenney said he doesn’t see the immigration questions on the Alberta ballot as race-based or xenophobic, the Alberta separatist movement itself is something else entirely.”

“Now in his late 70s, Modry, a former surgeon, has established himself as a pioneering voice in the separatist movement.”

“But that hasn’t stopped some leaders in the Alberta separatist movement from claiming common cause.”

“Whose own treasury secretary pumps oxygen into the Alberta separatist movement, and whose diplomats listen respectfully while those same separatists offer up Canada’s resources in return for support from Washington.”

“In fact, the avowed separatist offers a blunt prediction for his side should Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum results confirm a loss.”

“I see the Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath is jumping up and down over the prospect of a new pipeline.”

“But while the PQ leader is now an ardent separatist, he once accused the independence movement of having “split Quebec in two.””

“But while the PQ leader is now an ardent separatist, he once accused the independence movement of having “split Quebec in two.””

“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.”

“But it came as some separatist leaders seek to sway Albertans by painting a vote for “Option 2” on the ballot as not a vote to actually separate, but as a way to express how they feel about their province’s treatment by Ottawa.”

“Stephen Carter, a political organizer with the group Alberta’s Voice, says he believes some Conservative MPs have remained silent because they are afraid of the separatists in their own ranks.”

“Keith Wilson, co-leader of the pro-separatist Let Alberta Decide campaign, says there’s a reason.”