MPs champion unity in face of Alberta referendum, but Conservatives say quick vote needed to ‘get it over and done with’

'It demands the action of democracy, and I think unless we address it, it will be like an itch that is not scratched,' says Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie of Alberta's separatism question.

Conservative MPs Michael Cooper, left, Michelle Rempel Garner, Greg McLean, and Stephanie Kusie, and Liberal MP Matt Jeneroux. The Alberta MPs addressed the move by Alberta’s government to include a question on whether the province should hold a referendum to separate in the coming October referendum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, Stuart Benson

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BY ELEANOR WAND, AIDAN RAYNOR, MARLO GLASS

May 25, 2026

Conservative and Liberal MPs on Parliament Hill were quick to stress their support for a unified Canada on the heels of news that Alberta’s government is putting the question of a referendum to its residents this fall.

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