{"id":811897,"date":"2026-07-19T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811897\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:42:09","slug":"poilievre-names-mp-dane-lloyd-as-his-alberta-referendum-lead-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811897\/","title":{"rendered":"Poilievre names MP Dane Lloyd as his Alberta \u2018referendum lead\u2019 \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2013 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named MP Dane Lloyd as his \u201creferendum lead\u201d for Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Albertans will vote this October on whether to hold a future referendum on separation from Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Poilievre says in an open letter Lloyd will work to listen to Albertans and address their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5a9c10c06021afb960e90ejpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"4447\" data-pswp-height=\"3139\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5a9c10c06021afb960e90ejpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative MP for Parkland Dane Lloyd rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, April 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConservative MP for Parkland Dane Lloyd rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, April 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n<p>He says the party can\u2019t pretend Albertans don\u2019t have legitimate grievances, such as the cost of groceries and housing.<\/p>\n<p>Poilievre says those \u201cwho have lost hope in Canada are not our enemies\u201d and the party will win them back.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd has represented the Sturgeon River\u2014Parkland riding in Alberta since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2013 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named MP Dane Lloyd as his \u201creferendum lead\u201d for Alberta. Albertans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-811897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}