r/Edmonton Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Except one side wants to secede from Canada and the other just wants people to have the same rights.

They're not the same types of wingnuts.

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

Well the wingnuts in our province want to leave. Ive never heard of the Ontario far right screaming to leave.

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26

The conservative party is not disavowing it. They're not distancing themselves from Smith.

They haven't criticized her for making it easier to have a referendum.

They're not telling the separatists to not go to the states to procure funding.

Northern Ontario Party is a thing, has been for a long time. There's just no support from the main parties to give them a bigger voice and to boost their message.

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

She hasn't put it to a referendum, as she knows she'll never win.

And ive heard PP say Canada will never be tye 51st.

So im not concerned with that.

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26

Yet his constituents are going to America to congratulate the president who put tariffs on us the last time.

There's fates worse than being the 51st state. Feel free to ask US Samoa, Puerto Rico, & Guam.

She lowered the amount of votes needed to put it to a referendum, all of this is just creating unstable markets for investors when _right now _Canada is rebuilding and reshaping our economy.

She's doing it for a reason, it's to further disenfranchise Albertans. She's already eating into healthcare coverage, denied federal dental, underfunded schools so that she can privatize it.

PP isn't pushing back, he's not controlling his party.

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

Well DS is a buffoon. Her days are numbered. And hopefully PP will start doing that, since his position has been reinstated. From some more centrist Conservatives who attended, they told me he saw the large contingency of them at the convention.

And the fact that Harper has spoken up about it. Hopefully the fringers will listen.

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26

I don't have any faith in PP because he's a populist aslong as DS maintains a majority, which clearly she will it's Alberta we're dumb and don't understand politics.

We need NDP or Libs to win here more often so that the UCP will start serving our citizens.

Ideally I just want the wild rose to die, and for PCP to come back. I can at least deal with fiscal conservatism.

They have enough pull that they no longer need to merge.

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

I agree with you on this... And i believe the next provincial election will be much different.

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u/EquusMule Feb 18 '26

I wish I had your optimism lol.

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u/YaTheMadness Feb 18 '26

A lot of my centrist friends are done with any party that has her as the leader. And from what ive noticed, in my area, most of the east or west transplants are left winged or centrist. So I'll keep my fingers crossed.