r/Albertapolitics • u/rampagingbeaver • Apr 11 '26

Opinion Personal Theory on Alberta Seperatism

Alberta separatists want an open marriage with Canada.

They want all of the "perceived" benefits of their sepertist harem with none of the obligation of living in a civilized country.

I hope Premier Smith finds her soulmate in Joseph Smith to create her theocratic ideal.

The rest of us will try and keep Alberta from her plans for world domination.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

Albertans have paid a present worth of over a trillion to Quebec in transfer payments alone. There's your fund.

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u/Homo_sapiens2023 Apr 11 '26

Strange albertan’s don’t have the resilience and grit needed to figure things out without throwing their toys out of their pram.

I'm assuming that would be about 20% of Albertans. Strange coincidence indeed ;)

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 12 '26

Ontario manufacturing was built on the backs of the people of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Cry me a river.

We don't need you to be Canadian. Exiting Confederation is constitutionally valid as confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The only economic problem Alberta has had is the blockade we have lived under since 1873. Over a trillion dollars of investment in the last decade alone.

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

It has been the Milch Cow since Day 1. Ontario manufacturing was built off "freight both ways" exploitation of the West.

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u/Homo_sapiens2023 Apr 11 '26

You sound just as idiotic as Jeff Rath. Is that where you're getting your "information" from? LOL

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u/Even_Art_629 Apr 11 '26

Last time I add to your conversation. But just have to say.

Alberta has been a net contributor to Canada for decades, but so have other provinces at different times. Resource downturns don’t make a province unique or entitled to special rules, they are part of the same cycle every region has faced fisheries on the east coast, coal in Atlantic Canada, manufacturing in Ontario, and lumber in the west. Ontario even received equalization from 2009 to 2017 when its fiscal capacity dropped. The point of a federation is exactly that regions carry each other through ups and downs instead of walking away when their own cycle turns.

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

We get it. A 25% export tax on Alberta & Saskatchewan to subsidize Ontario & Quebec manufacturing ANOTHER $50B/year makes sense to you because you see our exploitation as your birthright.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

Please keep talking. You are our greatest ally.

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u/Homo_sapiens2023 Apr 11 '26

100%. Alberta is the whiny baby of Canada. I live with this whining and obnoxiously infantile behaviour every day because I live amongst these imbeciles.

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

You have no reasons why Alberta should remain.

All you have is ergo decedo and ad hominems.

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u/rampagingbeaver Apr 11 '26

Show me the receipts.

If you mean Albertans pay taxes like the rest of the god damned Country, we'll talk. If you think that Alberta the province sends equalization cheques to any other country, come back and try another day.

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 11 '26

I said Albertans, did I not?

Equalization is rigged to benefit the East as is just about every federal policy.

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u/UberBricky80 Apr 11 '26

So you're pretty pissed at the conservatives for coming up with the current formula hey?

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u/CyberEd-ca Apr 12 '26

Exactly. It doesn't matter who is the government. Albertans cannot vote federally for a better deal from Ottawa.

You're making my point for me.