Overview

• Elections Alberta has approved Thomas Lukaszuk’s pro-unity petition under existing law, allowing 600,000 signatures to be gathered within 90 days to affirm Alberta’s place in Canada.
• Mitch Sylvestre’s Alberta Prosperity Project plans to submit a pro-secession application under the new 177,000-signature threshold with a 120-day window.
• Recent polls indicate that support for Alberta separatism remains below 50 percent despite growing outreach by independence groups.
• Legal experts warn that any vote on separation would prompt complex constitutional negotiations involving federal authorities and Indigenous treaty rights.
• The threshold reforms stem from Bill 54, introduced in May to bolster Alberta’s direct-democracy powers amid disputes with Ottawa over energy and climate policies.