Former British PM David Cameron says Alberta separation vote unlike Brexit

The former leader of the United Kingdom during the Brexit referendum says you can’t compare that debate to Alberta’s prospective split from Canada.

David Cameron largely avoided talking directly about Alberta’s separation debate when speaking at an energy leadership conference in downtown Calgary on Monday morning.

But Cameron says that Alberta’s vote toward secession in October is about the future of a country rather than the United Kingdom’s membership in a trade association.

Cameron led the United Kingdom for six years leading up to the 2016 vote to split the United Kingdom from the European Union.