Harper Cautions about the Risks of Alberta Separation

CALGARY - Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper is cautioning against the prospect of Alberta separation, writing that even voting just to "send a message" would represent a fraught approach.

"No one will be surprised to learn that I am against separation. That would involve much risk and be extremely difficult to bring about", Harper wrote in the Calgary Herald. "Besides, there is nothing resembling the credible leadership necessary to establish a new country."

On October 19, Alberta voters will be asked whether the government should hold a second, binding referendum to separate from Canada.

Earlier this year, as his official prime ministerial portrait was unveiled on Parliament Hill, Harper called for Liberals and Conservatives to come together amid reinvigorated separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec.

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