Overview
- The approved wording asks: “Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
- Proponents must appoint a campaign financial officer by early January before collecting signatures, with four months to secure just under 178,000 valid names to trigger a vote.
- If the threshold is met, the question would proceed to a provincewide referendum under Elections Alberta’s citizen-initiated process.
- The group redrafted its question to reflect federal Clarity Act language after an earlier version was sent to court, a review rendered moot by Bill 14 removing routine court referral powers.
- APP CEO Mitch Sylvestre says the campaign has about 240,000 pledges, while a separate Alberta Forever Canada effort previously reported roughly 456,000 signatures backing a pro-Canada question.