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Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s pledge that she won\u2019t hold another referendum on separation if the remain vote wins this month \u2014 at least as long as she is premier \u2014 is getting pushback from some prominent Alberta separatists.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I guess it depends on how long she plans to be premier,\u201d said Cory Morgan, who heads the third-party advertiser Pathway to Independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m not saying that as a threat sort of thing, you know, they\u2019d kick her out if she didn’t support it,\u201d Morgan told CBC News Saturday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI’m just saying, you’re quite a crystal ball if you would say that it would never be in the cards. I mean, what if she were premier six years still from now, and the winds had changed?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Smith made the comment during a one-on-one interview<\/a> with CBC News\u2019 chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault Friday.<\/p>\n WATCH | Premier Danielle Smith rules out 2nd referendum if Albertans vote to remain: Smith rules out 2nd Alberta referendum: ‘Not as long as I’m premier’<\/p>\n In an interview with CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she would not hold another referendum on separation should a majority of Albertans vote to remain in Canada on Oct. 19.<\/p>\n On Oct. 19, Albertans will choose either Option 1, to remain in Canada, or Option 2, to begin the process to hold a second, binding referendum on separation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Morgan said he sees Smith’s statement as the premier \u201ctrying to make what appears to be a stronger stance during the tail end of this campaign.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTo set it out saying that there would never be one as long as she’s premier, well that means that she doesn’t respect the principles of direct democracy she said she does,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf there were another referendum within a few years and Albertans said they wanted it, I believe that’s her obligation to allow that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Cory Morgan speaks to supporters during an Alberta independence rally in Taber, Alta., on Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Matthew Bruce\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n Morgan says if Option 2 is unsuccessful, he understands another referendum is unlikely for at least a couple of years. But the movement is not going to go away, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre has agreed on that point<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n He told CBC News Saturday that he does not think Smith\u2019s stance on a second referendum \u201ccould go very well for her,\u201d given the number of people in her party in favour of Alberta independence.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791680770_166_default.jpg\")
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