Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was asked twice Thursday by members of the public if she’d be willing to sign former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk’s Alberta Forever Canada petition.

The premier didn’t answer yes or no each time of asking during Thursday night’s Alberta Next consultation, held at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Edmonton’s west end.

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Volunteers in Lukaszuk’s camp have been working to collect signatures from Albertans who affirm that they want to remain in Canada, as a foil to planned referendum questions about the future of the province in the country.

But Smith wouldn’t bite.

“There are all sorts of reasons I support sovereignty within a united Canada,” she said.

And, to close what was the most heated and divisive of Alberta Next meetings so far, s

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