Western Standard - August 14, 2025


Petition on Alberta’s future in Canada collecting signatures in Calgary this week

Topics
Alberta Forever Canada petition
Mentioned
Thomas Lukasik
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

101.12

Word count

159

Sentence count

12


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Calgarians are lining up this week to support a petition aimed at keeping Alberta within Canada. The Alberta Forever Canada initiative, launched by former Progressive Conservative Deputy Premier Thomas Lukasik, asks, Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?

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00:00:00.200 Calgarians are lining up this week to support a petition aimed at keeping Alberta within Canada.
00:00:06.680 The Alberta Forever Canada initiative launched by former Progressive Conservative Deputy Premier Thomas Lukasik asks,
00:00:14.380 Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?
00:00:17.840 Signature collection began this week and continues at various locations across the city.
00:00:23.980 Door-to-door and pop-up efforts are also underway.
00:00:26.860 If the petition reaches close to 300,000 valid signatures, 10% of eligible voters, it could be brought before the Alberta legislature.
00:00:37.500 To sign Thomas Lukasik's petition for the referendum question and why it's important, because I'm a proud Canadian.
00:00:48.340 Perfect.
00:00:48.940 I love this province, but this province belongs in Canada.
00:00:51.440 The initiative counters a separate petition from the Alberta Prosperity Project seeking a referendum on Alberta becoming a sovereign nation.
00:01:00.980 The proposal is currently under court review, with Alberta's top election official questioning its constitutionality.
00:01:09.020 The Alberta Forever Canada petition is open for signatures until October 28th.
00:01:14.440 A