Court Deciding Whether Alberta Independence Group Can Hold a Referendum

Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre (L) holds a press conference with (L–R) lawyer Jeffrey Rath, Dr. Dennis Modry, and former MP LaVar Payne in Calgary on March 26, 2025. The Epoch TimesLegal proceedings are underway in Edmonton to decide whether an Alberta separatist group is allowed to launch a referendum on whether or not the province should separate from Canada and become a sovereign nation.During deliberations that began Nov. 19 and are set to run to Nov. 21, Justice Colin Feasby of the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton heard arguments from the non-profit Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) co-founder and counsel Jeffrey Rath and others about the constitutionality of allowing a referendum on Alberta independence.