Alberta files appeal on court decision to throw out separatist referendum petition

The Canadian Press: In the appeal filed Thursday in Edmonton court, the province says it plans to argue that the judge made 14 errors in her decision.

The appeal document says issuing the petition didn’t trigger the duty to consult and that the judge failed to give weight to the democratic purpose of the petition process.

It says the government also intends to argue the judge misinterpreted provisions of a bill passed in December that allowed the separatist group behind the petition to reapply after its first application was hung up in court…

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