[[File:Danielle Smith in 2011.jpg|Danielle_Smith_in_2011]]Albertans voted for a referendum to leave Canada and become independent. It looks like it’s becoming more realistic. They say they have the required number of signatures to trigger a referendum. However, legal and political hurdles make a vote for independence seem unlikely.
According to the Edmonton Journal, a leading figure in the Alberta separatist movement claims the group has met the signature threshold to potentially trigger a referendum and is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to support the push for independence. Jeffrey Rath, the lawyer for the Alberta Prosperity Project, told Postmedia in an interview Tuesday that separatist canvassers had gathered more than the required 177,732 signatures and expect to far surpass that number before the May 2 deadline.
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