Alberta hikes fee for citizen-initiated referendums to $25,000 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: December 18, 2025 - 20:22

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Alberta hikes fee for citizen-initiated referendums to $25,000

December 18, 2025

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is hiking the application fee for citizen-initiated referendums to $25,000 in the hopes that it will discourage what it calls frivolous petitions.

Several groups have been working to bring their special-interest questions to a provincewide vote, but until this week, it cost just $500.



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