A Brexit scholar travelled to an Alberta separatist meeting. Here’s what he took away

CBC identifies Cooper as a senior research fellow at Dublin City University's Brexit Institute[2]. According to CBC, he made the journey in August to Rimbey in central Alberta, where a free town hall was hosted by the Alberta Prosperity Project, a prominent pro-independence organization.[2]CBC reports that he noted the many farmers in the crowd, who naturally had questions about agricultural policy in an independent Alberta.[2] Cooper told CBC the atmosphere was "respectful but not raucous."[2]According to CBC, Cooper heard a speech by Mitch Sylvestre, CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project.[2] Cooper told CBC News Network that Sylvestre is "a talented public speaker, and he has got a certain kind of gruff public charm"[2].CBC reports that Cooper noted that Cameron promised a referendum on Brexit to keep certain backbenchers in his party happy, though he himself campaigned against Brexit.[2] Cooper told CBC that Premier Danielle Smith "is campaigning in favour of remaining in Canada … but she's trying to appease the hardcore, pro-separatist wing of her own party"[2].CBC also reports that Cory Morgan, who heads the third-party advertiser Pathway to Independence, said there are lessons to be drawn from how things were handled in the U.K. after the Brexit vote.[1] Morgan told CBC that Brexit supporters "got the vote, then took their hands off the steering wheel."[1]According to CBC, when David Cameron spoke in Calgary in September, he dismissed comparisons between Brexit and Alberta's referendum[1]. CBC reports that the vote takes place on Oct. 19[3].