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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T03:04:19.000Z",
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    "if they want to remain part of Canada",
    "White House brutally mocks Trudeau after US beats Canada to win Winter Olympics ice hockey gold",
    "Canada’s Mark Carney used taxpayers’ cash to spend half a MILLION on plane food in year as PM",
    "Donald Trump asks if Canada has 'stopped' recognising King",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe Canadian Prime Minister has said a referendum on Alberta's independence would be \"undemocratic\" - and compared it to Brexit.\n\nMark Carney served as the Governor of the Bank of England in 2016 during Brexit, and was a staunch backer of staying in the EU.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Carney even warned at the time that splitting with Brussels would trigger a recession.\n\nBut now, the Prime Minister faces the prospect of his own separatist movement at home.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nAlbertans on October 19 will vote if they want to remain part of Canada, or hold a binding vote on separation at a later date.\n\nHe has described the move as a \"dangerous bluff\", and claimed that 10 years after Brexit, the UK was trying to \"undo what people didn't think they were voting for, but what they ended up having\".\n\n\"I saw first-hand what happened in the United Kingdom, when the view was: 'Vote for this, it’ll be soft and then we'll negotiate, etc,'\" the Canadian Prime Minister said.\n\n\"Is it the democratic will of Alberta? Did they vote for this in the last provincial election? No, they didn't. It wasn't on the ballot paper.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSupporters of Albertan independence believe their province has been overlooked by the Canadian Government.\n\nAn oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast is currently being worked on, but many locals believe Mr Carney's Liberals have not done enough to help the industry.\n\nThose in the independence movement have argued environmental regulations, imposed under Justin Trudeau, stifled the growth of the province's oil industry.\n\nThe wealthy Canadian province is also widely seen to be unfairly propping up poorer parts of the country.\n\n### LATEST FROM CANADA:\n\n\n\n\n  * White House brutally mocks Trudeau after US beats Canada to win Winter Olympics ice hockey gold\n  * Canada’s Mark Carney used taxpayers’ cash to spend half a MILLION on plane food in year as PM\n  * Donald Trump asks if Canada has 'stopped' recognising King\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA grassroots independence movement garnered 300,000 signatures earlier this year, enough to trigger the referendum.\n\nHowever, it was quashed after the indigenous First Nations in Alberta argued they failed to be properly consulted.\n\nAlberta Premier Danielle Smith does not personally support Albertan independence, but will move forward with the vote, having disagreed with the legal decision to quash the referendum.\n\nMr Carney added there was a \"very strong\" case for a united Canada.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe added: \"We have to be very careful about this. There’s a very strong positive case for Canada, a strong Alberta in a united Canada.\n\n\"I look forward to making that case with many, many other Albertans and Canadians over the course of the next 150 days.\"\n\nMrs Smith added Albertans had \"legitimate\" grievances, but there needed to be a focus on \"addressing these issues, restoring hope in Canada, and demonstrating that our country can work and is working\".\n\nPolling by Canadian firm Angus Reid suggested three in five Albertans would vote in favour of remaining in Canada.\n\nMr Carney garnered controversy within Britain after he warned against Brexit, despite serving in an apolitical role at the helm of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.\n\nAfter the Mr Trudeau resigned in 2025, Mr Carney stood as party leader, then called a snap election, winning enough seats in Canada's Parliament to form a minority Government in a significant turnaround of polling.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Canada's Remainer PM launches into anti-Brexit attack on 'undemocratic' Alberta independence referendum"
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