"#Smith ... has taken steps that have made it easier for Alberta separatists to force a constitutional referendum, including lowering the number of signatures from 600,000 to 177,000  — a move that separatist organizers told CBC News was a "big gift."

Man behind the Clarity Act has...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephane-dion-alberta-separation-clarity-act-9.7079149

Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith | CBC News

Former Liberal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on the outcome of a possible independence referendum.

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"Alberta separatist #JeffreyRath has said at least one of those meetings with U.S. officials was held in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), a room purpose-built to defeat sophisticated foreign intelligence eavesdropping."