Award-winning country singer Corb Lund must re-apply his recently approved petition application to halt coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains after it was cancelled due to the Alberta government amending its citizen-initiated referendum legislation.

This comes after Elections Alberta gave him the all-clear on Monday to soon start collecting signatures for his petition.

The bill that passed Wednesday removes several requirements that future referendum proposals must meet before petitioners can start collecting signatures, including the proposal being constitutional, factually accurate or having clear subject matter statements.

After the amendments went into effect, petition applications made before Thursday are “deemed to have never been made” if an initiative petition

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