Alberta is to vote on holding a separation referendum. A timeline on how we got here
Albertans head to the polls Monday to decide whether to stay in Canada or trigger a binding separation vote, a question Premier Danielle Smith added only after a court quashed a rival petition for improperly skipping First Nations consultation. The timeline behind it stretches back to 1980 and a separatist byelection win in 1982.
— via Vancouver Is Awesome, author