Alberta_Qs

Copilot:

Alberta consultation; do we know the results to the 10 questions posed to Albertans in yesterday's consultation?

Yes, we have partial unofficial results, but not yet the final certified count.

The clearest result is on Question 10 (the separation question). With a large majority of polls reporting, Albertans voted to remain a province of Canada, roughly 76.5% to 23.5%. Official results are due later, but the outcome is not expected to change.

For Questions 1 to 9, counting was still under way as of the latest reports. However, one results tracker showed the following unofficial percentages with about 83% of voting locations reporting:

Q1 Greater provincial control over immigration: 55.3% Yes, 44.7% No.

Q2 Restrict provincially funded programmes to citizens, permanent residents, and Alberta-approved status: 56.7% Yes, 43.3% No.

Q3 12-month residency requirement for non-permanent residents before receiving social supports: 58.4% Yes, 41.6% No.

Q4 Fees for health care and education for non-permanent residents: 57.4% Yes, 42.6% No.

Q5 Proof of citizenship to vote in provincial elections: 63.5% Yes, 36.5% No.

Q6 Provinces choose King's Bench and Appeal Court judges: 51.5% Yes, 48.5% No.

Q7 Abolish the Senate: 53.3% Yes, 46.7% No.

Q8 Opt out of federal programmes while keeping the federal funding: 48.7% Yes, 51.3% No.

Q9 Provincial laws prevail over conflicting federal laws in provincial/shared areas: 50.6% Yes, 49.4% No.

The broad picture is that:

The independence/separation proposal was decisively rejected.

Most of the immigration-related questions (Q1-Q5) appear to have passed by moderate margins.

The constitutional questions (Q6-Q9) were much closer, with Q8 appearing likely to fail.

One important caveat: these were referendum questions and many were not binding on the government, particularly those that would require constitutional changes involving other provinces and the federal government.

Would you like me to walk through what each of the constitutional questions (6 to 9) would actually mean in practice? The wording and the real-world implications are quite different.