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Today, what's behind the separatist movement gaining momentum in Canada?

Alberta's future will be decided by Albertans.

It will be the first time a province outside Quebec has put the question of separation to voters.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Alberta's referendum push risks becoming Canada's own Brexit moment.

So how serious is this movement really?

I'm Tamara Kondokar, and this is The Take.

I'm Jason Markozov. I'm a writer and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,

and I work in Calgary, Alberta.

Jason, welcome to The Take. It's really nice to have

a fellow Canadian on the show. Great to be here and great to see you, Tamara. Yeah, great to see you

too. So I don't think it's controversial to say that politically, Canada is not the most exciting

country in the world, but we do have our moments, and I think we're kind of

in the middle of one right now. And that's because of what's going on in Alberta, our oil-rich

province in the West, where what used to be kind of a fringe separatist movement has forced

its way onto the national agenda. The president of Alberta's United Conservative Party says he believes a substantial number of its members would support Alberta leaving Canada.

The party president says the Premier's move to put the question on October's referendum ballot will help satisfy the separatists.

Now, talk of Alberta separating has been around for decades, and we'll get into

all of that later, but just bring us up to speed. Why are we suddenly talking about this, and maybe

take us from the petition to the announcement of this vote? Okay. This movement has a long history,

as you suggested. ever since Alberta struck

whale in the late 40s. That became a big touch point. It was basically became the wealthiest

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