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Corb Lund must re-apply to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta

Corb Lund's petition application was cancelled after amendments to Alberta's referendum rules required him to re-apply, despite Elections Alberta's Monday approval to start collecting signatures.
A bill passed this week removed requirements for referendums to be constitutional or factually accurate, following the United Conservative government’s 2020 coal policy reversal and 2024 mining bans.
Before the cancellation Lund had four months to collect nearly 178,000 signatures, and Elections Alberta said applicants may submit a notice of intent within 30 days to waive the application fee.
The legislature could consider passing a law to ban coal mining or send the issue to a provincewide vote, Lund said he will continue despite the setback.
Other applicants were affected: Mitch Sylvestre must re-submit while Thomas Lukaszuk's late-June and an October-approved private-school funding petition will stand, Elections Alberta said Dec. 12, 2025.

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