A court proceeding on a proposed Alberta separation referendum question is underway, with a judge hearing arguments to quash the review.

Alberta’s chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the proposed question to the Edmonton court last week, asking a judge to determine whether it violates the Constitution, including treaty rights.

The question asks Albertans: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?”

Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby is first hearing an application from the Alberta Prosperity Project, the group that proposed the question, for the court to strike the referral.

A lawyer for the group, Jeffrey Rath, argues that judicial scrutiny is premature, as there’s no guarantee it will get eno

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