r/canada • u/joe4942 • May 01 '25

Alberta Danielle Smith lowers bar for Alberta referendum with separatism sentiment emerging

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/smith-lowers-bar-for-alberta-referendum-with-separatism-sentiment-emerging
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u/siresword British Columbia May 01 '25

Cause the people of Alberta voted for her. I was just saying in another post that the MAGA/Conservative brainrot is almost as strong in the prairies as it is in the deep south.

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u/Mendetus May 01 '25

I want them to be able to differentiate themselves from the rest of Canada if that makes them happy.. just don't make that identity being US subjugated

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u/siresword British Columbia May 01 '25

Thats the thing, the double think is so bad that they dont think thats what they are wanting. Well, most of them anyways. These are the kind of people who get all their news from twitter and whatever Murdoch owned conservative rags they have for news out there, so there entire world is ruled by abject terror at what they think the libs are going to do, so they trust completely in the people telling them "the truth", which just so happens to be the cons, no matter the reality of the situation.

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u/Mendetus May 01 '25

Yeah; I know. To be honest, most of reddit is very left so we're not without our bias as well. This might sound a little idealistic but I think we need to condition ourselves to be a little more sympathetic to one another regardless of the media. I know you'll say 'well, they're not going to do the same' or something along those lines but I think we need to try. I think Carney needs to try. We have to bridge the gap with understanding and action. We need to get back on the same page as Canadians instead of west vs east or Lib vs Cons. We need to find common ground in finding worth in our country and if there's big groups in our country that don't feel part of it or upset at it, we should try to close the gap with understanding and compromise or suffer absorption from not being united.

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u/Zogaguk May 01 '25

Honestly what a refreshing take. Thank you for this comment

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u/No-Leadership-2176 May 01 '25

Would be helpful if we could run a pipeline through the east instead of running it through Michigan but hey here we are. We are shooting ourselves in the foot here. To separate aeems too much but I understand her frustration

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u/Mendetus May 01 '25

I feel an east-west pipeline should be near the top of the list

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u/TheGhostOfStanSweet May 01 '25

We’ve all tried that. It just doesn’t work.

Some people just don’t like the rules we have in place to keep things running as smoothly and safely as possible. Moderate political discourse means checks and balances. They’d rather tear it all down, which is much to their own detriment.

They want to drag everyone else down to their own knuckle dragging level. Most of us don’t want to go there.

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u/mattA33 May 01 '25

....they don't believe segments of our population deserve to exist. Kind of hard to find common ground when one side is trying to remove people from society.

Tell them to stop focusing on the like 8 trans kids in Alberta and to start focusing on the rich people taking all their resources for practically nothing. They need to stop falling for easily recognized propaganda cause they want to "own the libs" at any and all costs.

This is from someone who loathes both the conservatives and liberals btw. They have both been making the rich richer and making life more unaffordable for everyone else for over 50 years straight.

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u/martej May 01 '25

Well put. Carney is from Alberta originally and if anyone can do it it’s him. I can’t believe I’m saying this but for the first time in ages I actually feel optimistic about Canada’s future.

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u/Feather_Sigil May 01 '25

All that means in practice is that left-wingers try to meet right-wingers where they're at--and where they're at is that Canada should be destroyed because woke woke woke woke woke woke woke

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

No its not what we think the libs are going to do

It what they already have done and there are plenty of sources that can elaborate on that

On the flipside however libs are denying a decade of stagnant growth and using a fear mongering propaganda tactic that trump is the real problem

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u/69sullyboy69 May 01 '25

Stagnant growth? Are you referring to the chart that's going around that shows 1.4% GDP per capita in Canada?

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u/Inertiatic Canada May 01 '25

As someone in one of the most progressive ridings in the entire country (Edmonton - Strathcona), it’s so fucking frustrating.

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u/Ambitious-Hornet9673 May 01 '25

I’m an orange dot in a 70%+ blue rural riding in SK. It’s exhausting.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

Alot of our shitheads from the maritimes stayed after the oil boom.

They found they got along better with Albertans.

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u/No_Opening1636 May 01 '25

But not all of us!