Is tomorrow’s referendum vote Canada’s ‘Brexit Moment’?

Independence supporters gather during a rally in front of the Elections Alberta headquarters in Edmonton (Image: Getty)

Amid claims of US meddling, oil-rich Alberta will vote on whether to hold a binding referendum on leaving Canada. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines what’s at stake

SOME have called it Canada’s “Brexit moment”. Even prime minister Mark Carney himself last week compared it to the vote that saw the UK leave the European Union.