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Braid: Separatism is a ruse; the real battle for autonomy is fought with UCP legislation

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Don Braid : A separation campaign will hurt the province, the economy and the United Conservative Party .

Braid says a separation referendum uproar is just for show, a distraction from a pack of province-changing legislation.

He says the province is being shaped into a spearhead aimed at Ottawa .

The real fight is down on the ground, where legislation pulls Alberta farther away from the federal system, he says.

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English

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