Prime Minister Mark Carney, who served as Bank of England governor during the U.K.’s referendum on leaving the European Union, said he learned from experience how dangerous it can be when a separation vote is presented as a way to strengthen a negotiating position rather than an actual vote for secession. (The Logic)

Talking point: The Alberta government plans to hold a referendum in October on whether to hold a second, binding vote on whether the province should leave Canada. Premier Danielle Smith announced the plan after a court quashed a citizens’ petition to put separation on the ballot. Carney said many people in the U.K. didn’t think they were voting for separation from the EU, and a decade later the country is still dealing with the consequences. Carney said the federal government is doing its due diligence by looking at whether the ballot question put forward by the Alberta government is consistent with the Clarity Act, which lays out the legal conditions for provincial separation.