PM says Alberta โessentialโ to Canada as separatists push for independence
Alberta premier calls for referendum on secession after judge ruled initiative to force binding vote invalid The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has said that Alberta is โessentialโ to the countryโs future, hours after the provinceโs leader moved the oil-rich region closer toward a referendum on independence. Separatists in the western province spent months collecting signatures seeking to trigger a binding October vote on seceding from the nation. Continue reading...