EDMONTON — A judge has reserved his decision on whether to review a proposed Alberta separation referendum question.

Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby is expected to give his ruling Aug. 14.

The matter stems from Alberta chief electoral officer Gordon McClure referring the proposed question to the Edmonton court last week. He has asked the judge to determine whether the question 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?”

At the start of a hearing Thursday, Mitch Sylvestre, an executive with the group that proposed the question — the Alberta Prosperity Project —applied to the court to strike the referral.

Sylvestre’s lawyer, J

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