Bell: Alberta separatists, Smith gives a break

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith brings down the hammer.

The separatists want Alberta out of Canada.

They say they are prepared to gather the 177,000 signatures needed to put their question on a ballot to be voted on by Albertans, likely around September of next year.

The question. Do you agree that Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?

But there is a problem. Actually, there was a problem.

The separatists may be prepared to round up Alberta independence supporters and get them to put their name on paper supporting a vote on whether this province exits Canada.

But they are stuck in the courts because Alberta’s election boss sent their question to a judge for a hearing on whether the question of the separatists is constitutional.

That was then,