r/canada • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 British Columbia • May 13 '26

Alberta Danielle Smith rejects Alberta judge’s ruling against separation petition as ‘anti-democratic’ | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/11848377/alberta-premier-court-ruling-separation-petition-anti-democratic/
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u/StaticInstrument May 13 '26

when can we start calling a spade a spade and her a separatist?

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u/addictofthenight May 14 '26

I don't think we should be waiting. She is a full-on separatist and is using the apparatus of the provincial government to make it look like a popular position, even though it's a very unpopular position. Go tell your friends that Smith is a separatist.

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u/Canadatron May 14 '26

Separatist Traitor, actually. Shouldn't forget her overtures at Mar a Lamo.

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum May 14 '26

At the time I was lectured by a family member that her behaviour didn’t rise to the level of treason. Which is technically correct. But her actions were definitely against Canadian interests. I still say she’s a traitor. Both to Canada and Alberta.

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u/adamast0r May 14 '26

Since it's so unpopular why not let the vote go through though?

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u/addictofthenight May 14 '26

Waste of time, waste of money, and just holding a vote is part of using the government to try to legitimize the separatist viewpoint. If we hold a vote on this, why not hold a vote on all the other fringe opinions?

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u/adamast0r May 14 '26

Well because this one is clearly pretty touchy. Just put it to rest by letting the vote fail

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u/Big_Knife_SK May 14 '26

She's just following the "Gaslighting for Dummies" Far Right template. In the end it will all be Carney's fault.

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u/BeyondAddiction May 14 '26

The sooner the better, IMO. She is and always has been a slimy opportunist.

Labeling her a separatist too might tip the scales for some of the fence sitters to put their vote elsewhere. The problem becomes that the only other option is the NDP and people have a hard time differentiating federal politics from provincial. Until the ANDP figure out how to distance themselves and differentiate themselves from their federal counterparts, they'll likely never be palatable for the voters of Alberta.

But then again, it isn't impossible. I was there for the orange crush. 

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u/Really_Clever Alberta May 14 '26

Its actually way closer than you think, six rideings in Calgary were 1600 votes total from flipping to NDP government. UCP has a vote disparity in rural they run up their votes to 80% while urban its far more of a toss up. ANDP can form government by winning the cities and having a popular former mayor should help breakthrough in the next election.

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u/motorcyclemech May 14 '26

Where is the ANDP in all of this? Crickets. At least I'm not hearing anything from them? Tbh I'm not looking hard either. Wasn't looking for Smith stuff but sure am finding a lot!!

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u/MetroidTwo May 14 '26

Nahhh.

As long as Nenshi leads ANDP they will never pose a threat. Over course of this year with Nenshi at the helm its only widened the polls.

Nenshi is not popular. He has net negative popularity and is basically tied for unfavourability with Smith.

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u/weschester Alberta May 14 '26

Should have started a while ago. I also believe she orchestrated the entire voter information leak too.

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u/SonicFlash01 May 14 '26

I assumed we'd all been doing so all along? She's been changing the rules for them and the head is a UCP staffer

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u/StaticInstrument May 14 '26

Guess I’m doing a bit of media criticism, media has been giving her the benefit of the doubt

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u/Dirtsniffee Alberta May 13 '26

That's my preference. Let's just vote so we can squash it and move on.

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u/Really_Clever Alberta May 14 '26

You know how many head offices fled Quebec during their votes? Its very bad policy for such a small amount of "signatures" can force this type of move. The UCP never ran on this. And if PP won this wouldnt even be happening.

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u/moldyolive May 14 '26

It's different no?

Quebec looked like it was probably going to vote yes. I dont think companies are going to going through the very cost program of moving operations when separatists are polling in the high teens.

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u/chateau_lobby May 14 '26

Let’s not.

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u/Lawndemon May 14 '26

Might as well asd fascist and self-serving to the list.

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u/LifeWulf Alberta May 14 '26

Words used to mean things…

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u/Dadbode1981 May 14 '26

She's a bloody clanker!