{"id":934215,"date":"2026-10-15T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934215\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:56:11","slug":"carney-to-attend-pro-canada-rally-in-calgary-as-alberta-races-toward-referendum-vote-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934215\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney to attend pro-Canada rally in Calgary as Alberta races toward referendum vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected in Calgary today to rally support for a united Canada as Alberta gears up for a separation referendum. <\/p>\n<p>Carney is scheduled to join former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk at a rally for his \u201cForever Canadian\u201d group ahead of Monday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Danielle Smith has put 10 questions on the ballot, including one on whether Alberta should stay in Canada or if it should hold a second, binding vote on quitting Confederation.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s rally isn\u2019t the first time Carney and Lukaszuk have teamed up to spread a pro-Canada message.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the prime minister invited Lukaszuk\u2019s group to attend a cabinet retreat in Banff, Alta., and Carney signed the Maple Leaf-wrapped motorhome Lukaszuk has been touring the province in.<\/p>\n<p>Carney has said Canada is worth fighting for and that the country works better when it works together.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister is also scheduled to attend a rally with Lukaszuk in Edmonton on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Also Friday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Smith are scheduled to deliver speeches at a conference in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Ottawa as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ottawa.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792086971_642_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected in Calgary today to rally support for a united Canada&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48,47,714],"class_list":["post-934215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-national","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934215","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=934215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}