Court allows counting of Alberta separatist petition signatures to proceed
Alberta's Court of Appeal has issued a partial stay allowing the counting of signatures on an independence petition to continue while separatists appeal a lower court ruling that quashed it.
Alberta separatists have secured an initial win in their bid to appeal a court decision that quashed their independence petition. Court of Appeal Justice Alice Woolley issued a partial stay pending appeal on Monday.
The stay allows the counting of signatures on the petition to proceed while the broader appeal is heard. It follows a Court of King's Bench ruling in May that had quashed the separatist petition.
A further hearing on the matter is still to come before Alberta's top court reaches a final decision on the appeal.
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