Alberta government adds separation-related question to fall referendum
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-government-adds-separation-related-question-to-fall-referendum/
Alberta government adds separation-related question to fall referendum
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-government-adds-separation-related-question-to-fall-referendum/
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She’s kicking things down the road. So if people vote yes does that mean the issue is put on the backburner for a long time.
Absolutely phenomenal time to decide that I’m going to quit drinking. ☠️
So after the Courts told them they couldn’t do this, and Albertans clearly said they didn’t want this, and the Government didn’t run on this and get a mandate for it, they are going to ram this through and gamble with the provinces future.
She added the referendum when they didn’t get the votes or was a legal petiition at all.
She said it wasn’t going to happen when she ran for Premier. She lied she needs to be charged immediately.
My democracy in Alberta has been stolen and wrecked by the Conservatives of Alberta.
And not a single Albertan seems to care. Not a Conservative at least. All separatists are traitors and need jail time.
This is nothing like the Quebec separatism. This one is completely being done at the behest of America
So instead of respecting the courts, Smith will be putting the country through absurdity to appease the separatists in her caucus and also appease a very vocal minority.
I can’t say I’m shocked but this type of stuff is just infuriating. Polling has regularly showed that there’s no appetite for separation in Alberta. Further, we have to acknowledge the foreign interference with the voter list data breach and the UCP is silent on it.
Their grievances are literally pipelines which Carney has now given them. That’s pretty much it. I can’t think of a single actual reason they want to separate aside from dog whistles about Ottawa overreach or whatever that’s supposed to mean.
Someone needs to tell these people that if they separate, their pipeline aspirations will become significantly harder than if they remained.
IMO this guarantees that she’s finished as leader of the UCP.
The separatist members that make up a majority of the party are going to feel betrayed. Coincidentally, they also are the same ones that are by far the most engaged and activist members of the party.
She’s done.
Of course the question is confusing. How could anyone know how to agree or disagree to a question that includes both options?