{
  "id": 7552243,
  "title": "Opinion: Question 8 in referendum could gut the Canada Health Act",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/opinion-question-8-in-referendum-could-gut-the-canada-health-act",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T12:00:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-question-8-in-referendum-could-gut-the-canada-health-act"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While the separation question is understandably taking up most of Alberta’s bandwidth, the other nine ballot questions could also drastically change the province. Question 8 is a perfect example. It wants to change the Constitution so a province can opt out of a federal program while still getting federal transfers for things such as health […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}