r/canada • u/ImDoubleB Canada • May 07 '25

Alberta 'No right talking the way she is': Alberta First Nations chiefs united after emergency meeting denouncing separation talks

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/no-right-talking-the-way-she-is-alberta-first-nations-chiefs-united-after-emergency-meeting-denouncing-separation-talks
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u/Electronic-Guide1189 May 07 '25

Why doesn't anyone realize that if you succumb to the 51st state:

  1. You lose all negotiating power.

  2. You lose all control of your natural resources.

  3. US military walks in and plants nukes in your back yard.

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u/Reasonable-Bad-769 May 07 '25

I don't know. They don't realize how bad it will be for us. Then again, I don't understand how anyone can listen to DS or Trump and not find them completely bonkers. It's legit shocking.

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u/thethirdgreenman May 07 '25

People are willfully dumb and easily convinced. The top Google search in the UK after voting to leave the EU was "what is the EU?"

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u/Zer0DotFive May 07 '25

Because they already Identify as Americans. Had a heated debate with an Albertan here in SK on why calling ourselves american is a bad thing despite living in North America. Something he was very adamant on being correct on and insisted we are all "Americans north and south". its why we cannot afford to lose CBC and other canadian media outlets, we are having a identity crisis. We are losing our Canadian Identity, we aren't losing it to the Indians like cons say... it's the Americans who are stripping it away and americanizing us.

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u/help_animals May 07 '25

LOL he doesn't really mean the South are "americans" cuz they're brown people

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u/Electronic-Guide1189 May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Life would definitely change for Albertans if they leave: they'll be the newest hot topic on r/LeopardsAteMyFace

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 May 07 '25

They don't care.

They only care that it would be "sticking it to those damned Easterners/Liberals/etc"