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Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists

It would appear that the United Conservative Party Caucus is OK with having 18 of its members, including eight cabinet ministers, publicly identified as supporters of Alberta independence from Canada, as long as they preserve a few tatters of deniability. The 18 MLAs appear on a list of separation sympathizers named publicly by the so-called…

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