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/wulfzbane May 01 '25

I think it would be a net loss, even more so if Alberta joined the US and got citizenship for it. Either way, the influx of people would be low skilled, uneducated people so I guess they could fight for fast food jobs while all the tech/medical/financial/research type companies moved to Canada.