The former Alberta politician trying to keep the province from splitting up with Canada says his “ Forever Canadian ” campaign is getting “really, really close” to collecting enough signatures to trigger a vote on the province’s future in Canada.

The campaign, led by former MLA Thomas Lukaszuk, needs to collect almost 300,00 signatures on a petition that asks, “Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?”

In an update on social media on Wednesday, Lukaszuk expressed confidence that the campaign will be able to collect enough signatures, but he also urged people to continue to sign the petition because he expects some of the signatures collected will be rejected.

“No one really knows (how many signatures we have) because a large number of petitions haven’t been delivered

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