by Western Standard
«EDMONTON — Renew Alberta President Matthew Rowley believes that the fact that Albertans cannot hold a "yes" or "no" referendum on independence in October is an example of how overpowered the courts in Canada have become, and why Alberta's best future is outside the country.
"The court system and the government is so messed up that this is the kind of malarkey we have to go through to ask Albertans an honest question to get the democratic opinion of everybody in Alberta," said Rowley in an interview with the Western Standard.
"It shows the core brokenness of Alberta's relationship with Ottawa, and why we can't actually fix things from within the constitution, when the government can't ask a question of its own people, and when a citizens' initiative can be stopped because some judge decides it's unconstitutional to ask a question."»