Overview

• Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian campaign is holding daily in-person events across Alberta and must gather 294,000 valid signatures by the end of October to trigger a referendum on affirming Alberta’s place in Canada.
• Organizers report roughly 3,000 volunteer collectors and 20–30 listed signing events on a typical day at locations such as parks, markets and community sites.
• Premier Danielle Smith has declined to sign the pro-Canada petition, saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.
• The Alberta Prosperity Project’s proposed secession question is under constitutional review by Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby, and its petition cannot proceed without approval.
• A recent UCP law reduced the signature requirement for citizen-led referendums to about 177,000 with four months to collect, a change that would apply to the APP if approved; the group says about 250,000 people have pledged support online.