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  "path": "/2026/05/20/news/alberta-legislature-committee-eyes-separation-vote-meeting-hits-bizarre-roadblock",
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  "textContent": "While a motion to formally ask Premier Danielle Smith to initiate an October referendum on separation was still being debated, the UCP caucus published a news release announcing the vote had taken place and that the motion had passed — sparking accusations from one NDP committee member that the UCP was 'spitting in the face of democracy.'",
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