UCP leadership candidate Bill Rock would hold a province-wide referendum on Alberta becoming its own nation in 2025, if elected premier. ...
Rock said he wouldn’t immediately hold the separation referendum if elected, because the population must first be educated for the majority of the population to vote ‘yes.’
“First of all, you have to get the people out to vote, which means you have to convince them that this is very, very important,” he said ...
Rock said the referendum must ensure a high outcome for separation, because a referendum of 40% wouldn't hold up in the Supreme Court of Canada. ...
Rock said the UCP government has not done a good job of getting the province a fair deal and the solution is to “start down the road of sovereignty.” This includes collecting our own income tax, getting Alberta energy to market, and taking “the federal government out of the equation (in) a lot of situations”.
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