"It’s a great result for Canada that Albertans have chosen unity," Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Tuesday before a Cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
The support from the referendum will boost Carney’s ambitions to get a major pipeline out of Alberta that he hopes could revive the economy
Prime Minister Mark Carney won over Canada’s most conservative province by promising a pipeline and campaigning hard, defeating its efforts to secede.
In a major victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney, Alberta has voted to remain in Canada in the referendum held yesterday. According to preliminary results, 76.5% of ballots were cast in favour of...
"Albertans made a clear choice," Carney said. "They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other. Above all, Albertans chose Canada."
The monthslong debate on the oil-rich province’s future exposed deep divisions that might not be easily mended.
Some saw the referendum as giving oxygen to a movement that previously had only marginal support.
Most Alberta voters rejected a proposal to initiate the process for a future binding referendum on independence, according to preliminary results cited by CBC The oil-rich Canadian province of...
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