Alberta referendum is a ‘dangerous bluff,’ Carney says ahead of Stampede appearance
Albertans are set to vote on Oct. 19 on whether to stay in Canada or trigger a binding referendum on separating
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Open this photo in gallery:Carney will be attending Stampede next week alongside several other Liberal MPs.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountPrime Minister Mark Carney is coming to next week’s Calgary Stampede, and plans to reiterate that quitting Canada will not be the magic wand separatists think it is.Carney, taking questions from reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, said the fallout from the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union a decade ago should serve as a clear cautionary tale.“I saw firsthand what gets sold in these referenda, that everything’s gonna be easy, that you can keep your passport, the currency — you can stay in the country and leave it at the same time,” he said.Carney said Alberta’s…
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