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Alberta voters reject starting path to independence
About 76% of voters in Alberta, with nearly 1.9 million ballots counted, rejected a proposal to begin the process of leaving Canada. Separatists said they would keep campaigning, while the result was seen as strengthening Prime Minister Mark Carney's position.
Why it matters
The vote settles, for now, the question of Canada's main oil-producing province leaving the country amid a trade dispute with the US.
Background
Alberta, Canada's oil and gas heartland, has long had a separatist movement fueled by grievances over federal energy policy. US tariffs and annexation remarks by Trump have featured in Canadian politics.
The story so far
- Alberta prepares to vote on leaving Canada
- Alberta votes on whether to hold a binding independence referendum
- Alberta voters reject step toward separation from Canada
- Alberta voters reject starting path to independence
Sources
- The Guardian ↗Oct 20, 12:24 PM ET
- Euronews ↗Oct 20, 5:47 AM ET
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