Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province are being asked on Monday whether to open a path towards an independence referendum. Polls suggest separatists face an uphill battle, but the consultation has become a test of national unity as Prime Minister Mark Carney confronts a trade war with the US.
Alberta is putting its relationship with the rest of Canada under the spotlight – with a vote that could either bolster the independence movement or give supporters of national unity a decisive boost.
