Posted on 10/28/2025 11:55:28 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta who circulated a petition to make it official policy for the province to stay in Canada, says it has more than 456,000 signatures.
The final tally is far greater than the required 294,000 signatures to initiate a possible referendum in Alberta.
The "Forever Canadian" petition started as a counter to separatists who want a referendum on Alberta independence and asks: "Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?"
"The number of signatures don't surprise me because I know that the vast majority of Albertans are proud Canadians," Lukaszuk told reporters on Tuesday.
"And even though we were working under the old rules, which means truncated period of time, only 90 days, I knew that we will get those signatures."
Lukaszuk has said Albertans should be given the opportunity to vote in a referendum or allow legislature members to vote on the question in the house.
Premier Danielle Smith's government has urged Alberta to stay in Confederation but has also made it easier for groups to hold a referendum on quitting Canada by lowering the signature threshold.
A question proposed by the Alberta Prosperity Project asks: "Do you agree that the province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?"
"I wouldn't have started this if I didn't have confidence in Albertans," Lukaszuk said.
"What really surprised me is this movement. This has really created a community, a movement of sorts. Albertans have awoken. They have found their voice."
Lukaszuk said attempts to divide Albertans have proved futile.
"We have signatures from every corner of this province, from every demographic in this province, from Albertans of all political beliefs," he said.
"The one thing that truly unites us as Albertans is our pride in being Canadian."
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Should we collect signatures of US citizens that AGREE with him? Keep Canada in Canada.
You can’t have No Kings Day in Canada.
Should we believe him.
My wife’s family is in Edmonton.
There is an independence movement there, but nowhere near enough to pass a referendum.
That’s okay. All of these movements start in a minority position. You have to start somewhere.
No surprise.
Surrender ff@ggots like Lukazuk posture as “defending Alberta” while in office.
But when non-politicians finally try to do something which will actually secure Alberta’s interests, Lukazuk is right there to defend the perpetual rule of the Ottawa Laurentian Regime over Alberta.
I have extended family in New Brunswick. They hate America, and especially Trump, about as much as my ex-mother-in-law hates peace and quiet. LOL
I think New Brunswick is a net beneficiary of the parasitic bleeding Ottawa performs on Alberta.
I guess to be fair, given the tons of taxes a lot of them have paid, I'd probably demand either govt services or my tax money back.
He focused on the immigrant voter. Most immigrant voters will vote against Alberta leaving.
I have no idea why he supports Alberta being drained and then abandoned by country.
“”The number of signatures don’t surprise me because I know that the vast majority of Albertans are proud Canadians,” Lukaszuk told reporters on Tuesday. “
I read that Canada’s entire National Identity is based on ‘being different’ than the United States. After all, besides ice hockey, what have they given the world?
,,, Neil Young LOL!!
trade Alberta, Manitoba and Yukon and a province to be named later for New England, New York, Washington State and Oregon West of the Cascades
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