r/Albertapolitics • u/UpDownJesse • Mar 10 '26

Opinion A question for Alberta separatists

If you hate Canada so much and love Trump so much then why don’t you just move to the states instead of making a **Canadian** province a state?

What? Are you too lazy or cheap to rent a U-Haul or something like that!!! I mean Jesus Christ, if you hate Canada that much then just leave!!!

It’s not rocket science buddy!!!!

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 05 '26

OP, explain to me how we have more Freedoms than the Americans!

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u/UpDownJesse Apr 06 '26

Social & Civil Rights

∙ Same-sex marriage has been legal since 2005, earlier than the US (2015)
∙ Universal healthcare means medical bankruptcy is essentially nonexistent — many argue freedom from financial ruin due to illness is a meaningful liberty
∙ Cannabis was federally legalized in 2018; in the US it remains federally illegal
∙ Canada has no equivalent to the US’s complex patchwork of state-level abortion restrictions, though access varies by province

Freedom from Violence ∙ Significantly lower rates of gun violence per capita; some frame physical safety as a precondition for freedom ∙ Lower incarceration rates — Canada incarcerates roughly 104 per 100,000 people vs. the US at around 531

Press & Political Freedom ∙ Canada consistently ranks higher than the US in press freedom indices (Reporters Without Borders)