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  "path": "/2026/05/danielle-smith-expected-to-try-to-force-albertans-to-endure-a-separation-referendum-and-blame-someone-else-for-it/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T05:43:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://albertapolitics.ca",
  "tags": [
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    "Alberta politics",
    "Alberta Separation",
    "Danielle Smith",
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  "textContent": "Thanks to her sneaky separatist manoeuvring, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have wedged herself between the proverbial rock and metaphorical hard place. If she doesn’t do what the Alberta separatists in her United Conservative Party demand and call a referendum using the wording on their Citizen Initiative petition – “Do you agree that the […]",
  "title": "Danielle Smith expected to try to force Albertans to endure a separation referendum – and blame someone else for it"
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