Bell: Most Albertans want provincial government plan for how Alberta exits Canada
The question jumps out at you.
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Do you think the Alberta government should or should not prepare a detailed plan for how Alberta could become its own independent country? The plan would be for Albertans to consider and vote on in a referendum.
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The number who think the Alberta government should prepare a detailed plan. 51 per cent.
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Those who think the Alberta government should not prepare a plan. 45 per cent. The rest are not sure.
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That's 51 per cent for a plan and the debate over the future of Alberta is just getting started.
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These numbers come from a hot-off-the-press poll commissioned by the Alberta government. The poll was conducted by Trend Research under the direction of Janet Brown.
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If you don't know Janet Brown, you should. Brown knows her stuff. Her batting average is major league, right on the money.
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Another question.
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Again, the separatist campaign has only just begun.
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Then there are the demands Alberta Premier Danielle Smith presented to Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Smith has strong agreement on all her demands.
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The strongest support is at a whopping 87 per cent for new pipeline and port access to the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans to export Alberta oil and gas and other resources.
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Another real popular demand is Alberta getting the same per person federal transfer dough as Quebec, Ontario and B.C.
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Yet another is having no made-in-Ottawa export tax or restrictions on Alberta oil or other resources without the consent of the Alberta government.
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If most or all of Smith's demands are not met, and Carney has six months to deliver, 38 per cent are more likely to want to see Alberta separate and become its own independent country.
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