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  "path": "/2026/06/ucps-independent-advisory-panel-on-alberta-secession-costs-is-likely-to-defend-canada-on-separatist-terms/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T06:03:46.000Z",
  "site": "https://albertapolitics.ca",
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  "textContent": "The “independent advisory panel” named yesterday by Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to look into the “potential economic impacts of secession” illustrates an observation the day before by a prominent Canadian political commentator that too many self-identified federalists are likely to defend Canada on separatist terms. Writing in The Globe and Mail, columnist Andrew Coyne […]",
  "title": "UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms"
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