Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is staying out of a judge’s decision to further examine a referendum question proposed by a group of separatists, while being pressured to take a tougher stance on the issue of independence.

Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby ruled Thursday to go ahead with a review of an Alberta separation question after an application to quash the proceeding and have the question approved without scrutiny was denied.

“They are going to do a constitutional lens test on it, so I’ll just leave it to the court to go through their process,” Smith said at an Alberta Next panel townhall on Thursday evening.

This comes after Smith and Justice Minister Mickey Amery publicly called on the chief electoral officer to stop that court reference so the vote could proceed.

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