The clock is ticking for the Alberta Forever Canada citizen initiative, and the petition spearheaded by former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk is rolling out signature collectors in Calgary to reach 290,000 signatures by October.

The campaign for a potential referendum asking whether or not Alberta should remain in Canada launched in Edmonton on Aug. 2. Older legislation in place at the time requires the collection of 293,976 signatures by Oct. 28.

Lukaszuk said about 2,000 registered petition signature collectors have been processed.

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“A good chunk of them are from Calgary,” he said Friday. “What’s happening right now is really neat, because people are starting what I refer to as ‘micro campaigns’ all ov

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