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A Referendum She Doesn't Want to Win
Read more . . . →Two weeks from now Alberta votes on whether to begin the legal process of leaving Canada. The latest polls have separation at 22%. Danielle Smith, the premier who called the referendum, publicly said that number is “still too high for my comfort.” She doesn’t want it to pass. Sixty percent of Albertans will vote no. Half the province says the question is confusing. And yet here we are, burning public money on a vote whose entire purpose is to let Smith tell the loudest 22% of her caucus she tried. This is what happens when a politician runs out of...
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