Albertans Win

A citizen petition to end public funding for private schools draws roughly 123,000–125,000 signatures — short of the ~177,732 needed to force a legislative vote, but one of the largest citizen petition efforts in provincial history aimed at the province's private-school funding policy.

The Forever Canadian petition to keep Alberta in Canada collects 456,388 signatures — the largest citizen petition in Canadian history. Elections Alberta verifies 404,293, well past the 300,000 needed to put the question of Alberta remaining in Canada on the October 2026 ballot.

Corb Lund's petition against coal mining and exploration on the Eastern Slopes draws 207,435 signatures. Elections Alberta validates 196,088 — above the 177,732 threshold — before a phone/email verification pass cuts the total to 172,088, just short. On July 30, 2026, Lund files for judicial review at the Court of King's Bench, arguing the rejection was unreasonable and procedurally unfair. His application cites specific problems — signatures rejected over unlisted middle names or mismatched PO box addresses, with agents not prompted to let electors correct the record — and argues Elections Alberta applied standards stricter than the Citizen Initiative Act requires. Lund's team points to the concurrent separatist referendum petition, verified at roughly 223,000 of about 280,000 counted names against an ~178,000 threshold, as evidence the process wasn't applied consistently across petitions. More than 200,000 Albertans signed their name against coal in the Rockies — whatever the review ultimately decides, that stands.