From Global News.

In a televised speech, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum will take place in October 2026, asking residents to weigh in on nine questions addressing both "out-of-control" immigration and possible changes to Canada’s Constitution.

Smith said the changes her UCP government has determined the province needs to make to immigration are a significant departure from the status quo.

“These were far and away the issues most strongly identified by Albertans during last year’s Alberta Next panel town halls and online submissions, and in my view, it is time to act on them,” Smith said in the 13-minute televised speech.

According to Statistics Canada, Alberta’s population surged by 202,324 residents in 2023. That’s the largest annual increase in the province’s history, the equivalent of 550 people moving to Alberta every day.

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