EDMONTON — The UCP's plans to hold a referendum on Alberta remaining in Canada, based on the Forever Canadian petition, hit a speed bump on Wednesday after a premature press release from their caucus left the petition review committee without time to pass a motion of recommendation.UCP MLA Nate Glubish introduced a motion during Wednesday's Select Special Citizen Initiative Proposal Review Committee meeting, calling on the committee to recommend that the cabinet refer Thomas Lukaszuk's petition to a referendum on October 19.The committee was limited in its ability to debate the motion during the meeting, though after a UCP caucus staffer accidentally distributed a press release announcing that the motion had already been passed.Alberta NDP MLA Christina Gray, who was observing the meeting, immediately raised a point of privilege after being notified of the release, prompting a short recess that consumed the remainder of the committee's allocated meeting time.A vote on the motion to refer the petition for a referendum was postponed to the committee's next meeting, which has not yet been scheduled.More to come...
