One hundred and seventy-seven thousand people.

That’s roughly 3.5 per cent of Alberta’s population. It’s also the amount of signatures that will be needed to force a separation referendum

It can’t be that hard to take advantage of this and get a hundred other random referendums. What else should they get everyone to vote on?

  • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    23 days ago

    Separatists polled at 19% before the federal election, and there’s so much that will stop them even if it somehow passed. These people existed before the PC / Wildrose merger. That was part of Wildrose and Take Back Alberta.

    Natives, the Crown, being totally landlocked, the fact they’d lose a huge amount of the population.

    Also, Alberta didn’t join via negotiation like Quebec. This was Hudson’s Bay private property called Rupert’s Land. Surrendered to Canada. Alberta would need all premiers to say yes and 50% of the population nationally. Womp womp.

    Thanks, Jason Kenney. You really united the reich. Embarrassing clowns. Come on, Nenshi pull it off and give us a break.

    Could we even sell our homes without further financial ruin trying to leave? They’d have half or more of the province potentially fleeing. Millions of very angry people with nothing left to lose with a sudden abundance of free time to think about that on the way out.

      • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        23 days ago

        I’m happy to see all these letters with no mincing of words.

        I’m curious if Zelenskyy who is coming to Alberta shortly will have the time to notice the pararells between this foreign backed separatist movement and Ukraine’s. Smith is openly a MAGA traitor.

        I hope he says something. He doesn’t have to, guy is busy.

        Does everyone remember one of Russia’s weak justifications for invasion? It’s potentially quite relevant in Alberta now in regards to Trump annexation threats.

        • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          23 days ago

          Zelenskyy coming to Alberta has real potential to maake the rest of Canada totally fed up with and disgusted by Alberta.

          This could be fun.

        • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
          4·
          23 days ago

          Definitely going to be interesting to see what he has to say. Definitely got similar vibes to what’s happening there.

    • Albbi@lemmy.ca
      3·
      23 days ago

      Could we even sell our homes without further financial ruin trying to leave? They’d have half or more of the province potentially fleeing.

      How to solve the housing crisis with one neat trick! Might cause a few other problems though.