Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a final appeal to voters considering a path\u00a0toward independence\u00a0in his home province of Alberta on Friday, warning that a referendum is a dangerous gamble at a time of growing threats to Canada\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n
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With U.S. President Donald Trump waging a\u00a0trade war\u00a0and threatening to make Canada the 51st state, Carney warned that the referendum comes at the \u201cworst possible time\u201d and urged Albertans not to take the outcome for granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t let anyone tell you this is already decided. Turnout will determine the outcome,\u201d Carney told a pro-Canada rally in Edmonton, where he grew up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a game. This is not poker. A vote against Canada is a dangerous bluff that will lead to years of deep uncertainty and lost opportunities for Albertans and Canadians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s vote is not a direct referendum on independence. Alberta, home to most of Canada\u2019s proven oil reserves \u2014 the fourth largest in the world \u2014 will decide whether to remain a province or instruct the government to begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation.<\/p>\n
Carney\u2019s closing appeal came after two days of campaigning against separation in the province. Earlier Friday, the Liberal prime minister joined Alberta\u2019s conservative premier Danielle Smith in a show of unity against independence.<\/p>\n
Smith praised Carney for improving relations with a province that frequently clashed with his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, over his carbon tax and other energy policies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think what we can agree on is that we have had some real change in the last 18 months,\u201d Smith said alongside Carney in Red Deer, Alberta.<\/p>\n
Smith noted that Carney grew up in Alberta and remains an Edmonton Oilers fan.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t be all bad, right?\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s threats raise the stakes<\/h4>\n
\u201cSome outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us. Never. Never,\u201d Carney warned Friday in Edmonton, repeating a warning he made a day earlier in Calgary.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0Thursday\u2019s Calgary rally\u00a0and Friday\u2019s Edmonton rally, the crowd erupted in its loudest applause when Carney spoke about reducing Canada\u2019s economic dependence on the United States.<\/p>\n
Carney acknowledged Alberta\u2019s longstanding resentment of federal energy policies.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up, I remember how Ottawa made Albertans feel like our resources weren\u2019t our own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But he also emphasized his deep ties to the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlberta is my home. I grew up here. This city, this province, this country have given me everything: my family, my education, my values,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Some Albertans say the vote shouldn\u2019t have been called<\/h4>\n
Outside the Edmonton rally venue Friday, Alberta independence supporters waved flags and held a sign reading \u201cSay no to Carney\u2019s new world order.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith called the referendum despite opposing independence herself. She recently cited a poll showing 22% of Albertans support separation, a figure she said was still too high.<\/p>\n
Smith also faces pressure from separatists within her governing United Conservative Party. Former Premier Jason Kenney said the independence movement gained influence within the party as activists angry over COVID-19 restrictions, some influenced by conspiracy theories, embraced separatism.<\/p>\n
But some Albertans who want to remain in Canada are angry with Smith for calling the vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a travesty really to be putting our province and our country through this when such a small portion of people are rabble rousing and saying they want to separate from Canada,\u201d said Deb Lee, a retired Calgary resident who voted in advance to remain in Canada.<\/p>\n
Smith said Carney had substantially addressed seven of nine federal laws Alberta opposed. She also cited cooperation on a proposed oil pipeline.<\/p>\n
Independence advocate Tanya Clemens dismissed the agreements between Carney and Smith as \u201cbasically pinky promises\u201d that came with too many conditions.<\/p>\n
Political leaders unite against separation<\/h4>\n
Carney\u2019s chief political rival, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, also urged Albertans Friday to remain in Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t leave your fellow Canadians behind. Lock arms with them,\u201d Poilievre said.<\/p>\n
Despite their agreement on keeping Alberta in Canada, Carney and Smith remain divided over nine other questions on Monday\u2019s ballot involving immigration and provincial powers. Smith wants voters to approve them, while Carney has urged their rejection.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first time in a long time, Alberta and Canada are walking together,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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