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Former Harper government House leader becomes interim leader of Wexit CanadaA veteran politician who once served as House leader in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government was named the interim leader of a political party seeking for Western Canada to secede from the rest of the country.PoliticsJun 23, 2020
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‘We’re looking for our own country’: Wexit supporters brave cold in Edmonton for referendum protest SaturdayAround 100 Edmontonians braved the cold on Saturday at the provincial legislature for a protest aimed to get the UCP on board with a secession referendum.PoliticsJan 11, 2020
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Wexit political party can now run candidates in Canadian federal electionsWexit Canada plans to run 104 candidates in the next federal election throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.PoliticsJan 10, 2020
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If Wexit were to happen, Alberta would top in greenhouse gas emissions per capitaGlobally, he said there is a "clear trend towards transitioning to a low carbon economy," which could spell trouble for the would-be country.CanadaNov 8, 2019
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The West Wants Out: Alberta separatist group Wexit Canada seeking federal political party statusWestern separatist movement Wexit Canada, led by Albertan Peter Downing, has applied to Elections Canada to becoming a federal political party.PoliticsNov 5, 2019
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Landlocked oil problem would not be solved by Wexit: expertThe UN convention, adopted in 1982, does say that ``landlocked states shall enjoy freedom of transit through the territory of transit states by all means of transport.''CanadaNov 3, 2019
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