Brexit scholar says Alberta referendum gives him ’a feeling of déjà vu’

Dublin-based researcher Ian Cooper highlights ‘chaos’ caused by Brexit outcome

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I’m having a feeling of déjà vu.

That’s how Ian Cooper, a senior research fellow at Dublin City University’s Brexit Institute, describes the political discourse around Alberta’s upcoming referendum on the future of separation.

When I watch what’s happening in Alberta with the movement towards Alberta separatism, that reminds me a lot of Brexit, said Cooper, who grew up in Alberta before going abroad to study European Union politics.

And so I feel a compulsion to speak out about making the comparison between these two political movements….

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