Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is hiking the cost to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum by 5,000 per cent, saying it’s about making sure applicants are serious.

It’s the latest in a series of rule changes that one petitioner – country singer Corb Lund – characterizes as exhausting.

A cabinet order released late Wednesday afternoon upped the fee to $25,000 from $500.

Heather Jenkins, press secretary to Justice Minister Mickey Amery, says the cost will be refundable if the applicant meets the required threshold of signatures and completes reporting requirements.

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    Complete retaliatory legislation after successful referendums. Im so done with Smith and her fucking administration it’s…

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    governments really should not be pulling buy my silence $8000 type shit. Really they should not even be able to
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    Convenient. Keep “the poors” away from being part of the referendum…
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    Premier Danielle Smith’s government is hiking the cost to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum from $500 to $25,000,…