AlbertaDecides
A plain-language civic companion that explains what the Alberta separation petition actually triggers, when each milestone happens, and what would change for residents.
Alberta residents trying to understand what a successful separation petition means for their taxes, healthcare, and daily life
- Plain-English explainer of the separation referendum process, milestone by milestone
- Personal impact simulator: 'if Alberta separates, here's what changes for your taxes, CPP, and healthcare'
- Key-dates countdown with opt-in reminders for petition deadlines, vote windows, and legislation steps
- Balanced daily news roundup pulling from pro- and anti-separation sources side by side
Elections Alberta just confirmed the Stay Free Alberta petition cleared the signature threshold, kicking off a multi-step process that Albertans now need to follow but most don't understand.
Threshold reached and widely covered by CBC, CTV, The Hub, WION; users genuinely asking 'what does this mean for me' with no good plain-language tool.Elections Alberta verifies signatures for petition calling for separation vote ↗Alberta Separation Petition Deadline May 2: What the Court Stay Means ↗
No Alberta-specific AI civic companion exists; Ballotpedia is U.S.-only, CivicAI targets governments, iCivics is K-12 ed — the niche of a Canadian single-issue plain-language civic explainer is open.CivicAI ↗Ballotpedia ↗
Civic info is overwhelmingly free / ad-supported / donor-funded (Ballotpedia, Elections Alberta itself); consumers rarely pay for political explainers, and an Alberta-only niche is too small for meaningful subscription revenue.Buy Political Data - Ballotpedia ↗Referendum - Elections Alberta ↗
Petition is in legal limbo with a court stay and appeal pending; if struck down or signature count disqualified the topic's news cycle collapses within months. High volatility, low durable demand.Petition signature counting resumes as Alberta separatist group gets partial win at Court of Appeal ↗Referendum bid by Alberta separatists stuck in legal limbo, even if signatures clear ↗
Static, narrow factual corpus (Elections Alberta documents, Referendum Act, Clarity Act, news context) — trivially buildable as an LLM wrapper with a curated FAQ and milestone tracker.Current Citizen Initiative Petitions - Elections Alberta ↗