Jason Markusoff

Alberta’s transportation minister declined on Friday to say whether he’d vote for or against his province remaining in Canada, becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly avoid taking what Premier Danielle Smith says is the anti-separation stance of h... See more

Who’s leading the “remain” side in this divisive, near-existential referendum on separation for Alberta? And who’s leading the “leave” side, pushing for a future binding independence question? These are simple questions. There are not simple answers. If t... See more

The leader of Alberta’s main separatist group is organizing to force either a leadership review of Premier Danielle Smith, or for her United Conservative Party to demand a different referendum question than the one she’s put forth, he told CBC News on Tue... See more

Jason Stephan, the lone Alberta MLA who publicly encouraged people to sign a pro-separatist petition, quietly left his role within Premier Danielle Smith’s inner circle last month. The departure of Smith’s parliamentary secretary of constitutional affairs... See more

Premier Danielle Smith appeared to be working many strategies at once with her complicated 37-word, referendum-to-hold-a-referendum question on Alberta’s future in Canada. One doesn’t put forth a vote with dueling options to remain a Canadian province or ... See more