Could a vote to consider Alberta separation actually help save Confederation?

Ted Morton, former Alberta cabinet minister and one of the architects of the famous Firewall Letter, isn't a separatist—but he doesn't think voting to stay in Canada is much of an answer either. As Albertans head to the polls, Morton makes the provocative case that a strong vote for option 2 could be exactly the leverage the province needs to push Ottawa toward meaningful constitutional reform. Could a new alliance of provincial premiers revive the spirit of the Meech Lake Accord and find a third way between separation and the status quo? Morton joins Alberta Edge to discuss Western alienation, the limits of federal power, and how Canadians might begin putting the country back together after a deeply divisive referendum.

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