Echoes of Brexit as Alberta blunders towards vote on separation from Canada (opens in new tab)

Like David Cameron in 2016, premier Danielle Smith is facing a mutinous party and has called a referendum about a referendum while vowing a ‘no’ vote An embattled leader forced to call a referendum on separation to ward off mutiny – and then pledging to campaign against it. Allegations that prosperity had been stolen by distant elites and could be remedied with a vote to leave. Mutterings of foreign interference.The shadow of Brexit has loomed over the prairie province of Alberta as a minorit...