Carney warns Alberta independence vote from Canada could echo Brexit as a 'dangerous bluff'

Canada Carney - (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday compared Alberta’s vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential “dangerous bluff.”

Danielle Smith, the premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta, said last week a vote would be held Oct. 19 on whether Alberta should stay in Canada or take legal steps under the Constitution to hold a binding referendum on leaving.