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Oil-rich Alberta votes on Canada breakup

Outlet: Dawn · none@none.com (AFP) · Published 19/10/2026 05:46 UTC

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Alberta decides Monday if it wants to pursue a binding referendum on leaving Canada, with Prime Minister Mark Carney warning a separatist win would bring dangerous uncertainty during a trade war with the United States. Polls indicate less than a quarter of people in the western Canadian province support independence. But attention has focused on turnout in the days before the vote, and whether a motivated separatist camp could defy the polls, helped by complacent federalists. “Don’t let anyone tell you this is already decided. Turnout will determine the outcome,” Carney told a rally on Thursda

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