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Citizen Initiative Petition Verification Completed, Results Announced

December 01, 2025

EDMONTON – Elections Alberta has completed verification for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative petition. Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has determined under section 10 the requirements of section 6 of the Citizen Initiative Act in effect on June 30, 2025, have been met and the petition is successful.

Results
Total number of signatures required for a successful petition
(10% of 2,939,762 electors on the post-election day List of Electors from 2023 Provincial General Election)		 293,976
Estimated number of electors in the province
(registered electors as of May 2025)		 2,966,192
Total number of valid signatures counted
(as described in Citizen Initiative Act s.6(4))		 438,568
Total number of verified signatures after random statistical sampling method applied with a 95% confidence level
(Citizen Initiative Act s.6(4))		 404,293
Estimated percentage of electors in the province who signed the signature sheets (verified signatures) 13.6%

The prescribed reports under Part 3 of the Act were received on November 27, 2025, and are complete with respect to an initiative petition. Accordingly, as required by section 12(1), a copy of the policy proposal was submitted today to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

The Current Citizen Initiative Petitions page on the Elections Alberta website has been updated to reflect the results.

Next steps
Within two days of the publication of the results of the initiative petition (by December 3, 2025), the proponent must:

  • Return the citizen initiative petition and all canvasser identification documents to Elections Alberta;
  • Destroy all additional copies of signatures sheets made by the proponent or canvassers; and
  • Submit to Elections Alberta a signed affidavit confirming all signature sheets have been returned and all copies destroyed.

The Citizen Initiative Act s.15(1) outlines the following duties re: a policy proposal:

  1. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall lay the proposal before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting, or if it is not then sitting, within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting.
  2. Within 10 sitting days, the Government shall bring forward a motion to have the proposal referred to a committee of the Legislative Assembly.
  3. Within 90 days if the Assembly is sitting, or within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting, the committee may either table a report with respect to the policy proposal at the earliest practicable opportunity or table a report recommending the policy proposal be referred to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the purpose of a referendum.
  4. If a report is tabled recommending a referendum, a referendum must be held on or before the fixed date of the next provincial general election (October 18, 2027).

 

Initiative Petition Background Information

The citizen initiative application from proponent Thomas Lukaszuk for a policy proposal with the proposed question: Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? was approved and the Notice of Initiative Petition was issued on June 30, 2025. For more information, please see: https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-application-approved-notice-of-initiative-petition-issued/.

As the application was received and approved prior to coming into force of Bill 54: Election Statutes Amendment Act, this Citizen Initiative process will follow requirements set out in the Citizen Initiative Act as of June 30, 2025.

The petition was issued on July 30, 2025. For more information, please see: https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-petition-issued/.

The verification period began on October 28, 2025. For more information, please see: https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-petition-received-verification-begins/.

More information on the citizen initiative process, the status of citizen initiative petitions, proponent financing rules, third party advertising rules, and answers to frequently asked questions may be found on Elections Alberta’s website.

 

Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections, and referendums.

 

For media inquiries, please contact:
Robyn Bell
Media Relations
Phone: 403.589.7233
Email: media@elections.ab.ca

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