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Sunshine (she/her) ( Sunshine@lemmy.ca )  to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days ago

Albertans head to polls in historic referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Albertans head to polls in historic referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Sunshine (she/her) ( Sunshine@lemmy.ca )  to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days ago
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Maple leaf love: Albertans vote strongly to stay in Canada
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EDMONTON - O Canada, Alberta is staying put.
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  • deeprlyeh ( deeprlyeh@lemmus.org ) 
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    Hasn’t it been said the propaganda driving this is from the USA?

    • wirebeads ( wirebeads@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Yes. Look at the amount of maple MAGAts wrapped in they grotesque US flag when they’re at separation rallies.

      Let’s call it what it is: An annexation vote, not separation.

      • deeprlyeh ( deeprlyeh@lemmus.org ) 
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        Its part of the technocracy nonsense driven by Elon’s family, Thiel, etc…

    • generallynonsensical ( generallynonsensical@piefed.ca ) 
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      It’s deeper than that. It’s century-old grievances bundled with anti-vaxers losing their minds during covid lockdowns (border blocking, trucker circle jerks, shutting down Ottawa, etc.). Once covid was done they needed a new cause and the seditionists locked on to that rage.

      The Fifth Estate (CBC) has an excellent short doc on it.

      • deeprlyeh ( deeprlyeh@lemmus.org ) 
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        Yep, they sound like the same people. There is this very similar messaging all these people have in every country.

        I want to say let them separate and find out they can’t do it. But this is what the US wants and you guys can’t risk it happening.

      • minorkeys ( minorkeys@sh.itjust.works ) 
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        It not deep at all. This is fomented by foreign groups seeking to destabilize Canada. A tiny group of idiots are having their beleifs inflamed and funded to cause Canada internal strife.

        • TheSecondVariety ( TheSecondVariety@lemmy.ca ) 
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          It IS way deeper than just the stuff happening right now. The problems go back many decades, almost a century.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfX_Qkcgi2k&t=7544s

        • fyzzlefry ( fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ) 
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          Welcome to the club. Problems are externally influenced but solutions are expected to be driven internally.

          I really hate the wedge between the US and Canada. You all are rad.

    • Ariselas ( Ariselas@piefed.ca ) 
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      It also slowed down for about a day or two after Ukraine hit that russian data centre

      • fyzzlefry ( fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ) 
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        You gotta have regional redundancy if you want to be taken seriously, multi cloud is the way to go.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk ( SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Immigrunts taking our jerbs, voting in our erections, getting free hospitals.

  • Nomecks ( Nomecks@lemmy.ca ) 
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    It’s also a referendum for stripping immigrant healthcare and making provincial law superior to federal law.

    • ZC3rr0r ( ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca ) 
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      Yeah, I almost feel as if the separation vote is running cover for those two topics, because they’d cause an outrage by and of themselves if they weren’t wrapped up in this bundle.

      • iamthetot ( iamthetot@piefed.ca ) 
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        It absolutely ran cover. Almost double the votes on the “big question” than the other nine more insidious ones. And the results reflect it, depressingly.

        • ZC3rr0r ( ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca ) 
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          For the folks who want to read up on this, see: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/10/19/alberta-referendum-results/

  • CobraChicken3000 ( CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca ) 
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    really can’t wait to not here about this nonsense anymore after the results come out… but I KNOW they will just invent some bullshit about the referendum being unfair.

  • corsicanguppy ( corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) 
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    They don’t need a vote.

    Just trade in the passport and get on the bus for Montana. ICE will pick them up on that side and - since they no longer have a country - they’ll be sent to, like, Liberia or something.

    Just because you want to leave Canada, doesn’t mean you can take the crown’s land. Bu-bye.

  • Mycatiskai ( Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ) 
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    They realize that BC won’t separate with them right?

    We keep the highway and therefore the cities that are bysected by the highway (Calgary) for ourselves and they can get some accommodation for crossing the highway without it being a border crossing.

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      BC also keeps the pipelines that ship oil to the sea. Alberta is landlocked, their only option is pipelines to the states.

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        Thats why the USA is pushing it and welcoming these separatist leaders to special meetings. If Alberta separates then we’ll hose them on the pipeline and there will be no future pipeline expansion. The USA is the one that stands to benefit from that because they’ve been hosing Alberta for years on the oil.

      • ZC3rr0r ( ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca ) 
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        Guess the bargaining chip they’ve already pulled out to help secure US support for their newly announced nation, should the separatists win.

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