"The citizens of Alberta deserve to have these arguments made properly and heard in full; democracy demands nothing less"

A court will determine the constitutionality of the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project’s (APP) proposed referendum question despite the group’s effort to have that review struck, a judge ruled Thursday. Article content

The APP and its leader Mitch Sylvestre is seeking to ask in a referendum, “Do you agree that the province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?” Article content

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Last month, Alberta chief electoral officer Gordon McClure referred the group’s proposed question to the courts for their opinion on if it violates the Constitution.

Last week, APP lawyers argued that referra

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