“Mitch Sylvestre, the head of Stay Free Alberta, arrived at the Elections Alberta office in Edmonton on Monday leading a convoy of seven trucks to deliver the names.
‘This day is historic in Alberta history’, Sylvestre said. ‘It’s the first step to the next step — we’ve gotten by Round 3 and now we’re in the Stanley Cup final’.”
301,620 Albertans signed the independence petition.
That’s roughly 17% of the number of people who voted in the last provincial election.
And it happened through the coldest, harshest months of winter.
That is not fringe. That is a movement.
~ Rise of Alberta