Quebec sovereigntists see fundamental rift with Alberta separatists - Global News

Open this photo in gallery:Alberta separatists gather at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton for a protest organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project, Aug. 29. Amanda May Erickson/The Canadian PressWith just days before Alberta’s vote on an independence referendum, longtime Quebec sovereigntists are distancing themselves from the western province’s separatists. Question 10 of 10 on Monday’s referendum ballot asks whether Alberta should remain in Canada or if the government should start the legal process to hold a subsequent, binding referendum on separation. Advance polls opened Tuesday and run until Saturday. Quebecers may have a sense of déjà vu after voting on a similar question in 1980, when René Lévesque’s Parti Québécois asked whether the province should begin negotiations to leave Confederation. Nearly 60 per cent of Quebec voters were against Lévesque’s proposal. A second referendum followed in 1995, narrowly won by the “No” side. But ardent sovereigntists see profound differences in the two movements.

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