‘Playing with fire’: Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney weighs in on separation talk

The Alberta government will be “playing with fire” if it continues to fan the flames of a referendum on separation, says former premier Jason Kenney.Separation talk has grown louder in the wake of the federal Liberal Party’s recent election victory. Tens of thousands of Western Canadians have registered with the Alberta Prosperity Project, which supports a sovereignty referendum. And Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she would support any citizen-led petition that gets the number of signatures required to trigger a plebiscite on the issue.