{"id":390453,"date":"2026-01-05T22:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:34:41","slug":"alberta-quebec-referendums-likely-would-fail-due-to-canadians-anxiety-pollster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390453\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians\u2019 anxiety: pollster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Catherine Morrison<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 31, 2025 2:14 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A pollster says separatist movements in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/alberta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/quebec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quebec<\/a> are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the \u201cprecarity mindset\u201d in Canada for the last year, says that uncertainty would need to ease in order for a \u201cyes\u201d vote to succeed in either province.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta\u2019s election agency recently announced it has approved a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/referendum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">referendum<\/a> question on the province separating from Canada, meaning the question could be put to Albertans in a referendum if organizers collect enough signatures.<\/p>\n<p>In Quebec, Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is promising to hold a referendum on sovereignty during his first term if the party wins the general election scheduled for Oct. 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11597160\/gst-federal-rebate-credits-2026\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767652481_258_canada-revenue-agency-cheques.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThis is when you\u2019ll get GST tax credits and other federal rebates this year\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11599430\/ukraine-zelenskyy-chrystia-freeland-economic-advisor\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767652481_12_Freeland-Ukraine-advisor.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tUkraine\u2019s Zelenskyy appoints Chrystia Freeland his economic advisor\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coletto says the structural conditions that would support a sovereignty push in Alberta or Quebec are weaker today than they were in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Coletto says voters are more anxious, their economic uncertainty is higher, the geopolitical environment is more volatile and external threats have increased \u201cthe perceived value of national cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted December 31, 2025 2:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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