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join the movement.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@JonFromAlberta They call people traitors and then cannot say what they love about the country now. That is perhaps fear of losing a name (Canadian), not a case for Confederation. The productive question is still the same: what, exactly, is worth staying for?

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@ryangerritsen If the case for Canada were strong, the press would make it. Instead the story becomes that asking the question is hate. This just tries to make the act of asking shameful yet doesn’t answer why so many Albertans are asking.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@JonFromAlberta Calling a lawful referendum “treason” tells you how fragile the remaining argument has become. Albertans are allowed to ask whether Confederation still serves them. A country sure of itself can bear that question.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@jkenney A remark on a tape is not Alberta’s constitution. The constitution gets written by a convention and ratified by Albertans. Citizenship will be decided there.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@AngelaUnspoken Very true. And now we must build with resolve the free and independent nation of Alberta.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

Fully agree that building is the path forward. Canada’s record runs the other way. Ottawa spends more each year and the country gets worse outcomes. Canadian voters have also shown this is not what they want. Hoping that pattern reverses is not a plan. Alberta can take the reins and build a nation for itself. The time is now.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

Kenney is right that Canada never built the pipes and ports Alberta needed, even after years of new trade papers. That record is why Albertans cannot treat more promises as a plan. An independent Alberta would negotiate its own market access. Other countries would have a reason to deal with Alberta because they want the product.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@TheJasonPugh Kenney and Notley are defending the Canada they remember. Many Albertans loved that country too. The question is whether the Canada in front of us is still the Canada they remember. It is not. Campaigning together cannot resurrect a fallen nation. We must build the new Alberta.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@AngelaUnspoken Premiers will campaign. That is politics. Our work is longer. We have to write our constitution, name the foundations, and build a country that can sustain our prosperity for posterity. Onward and upward.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@miss_tanyac @LetABDecide Alberta’s position inside Canada is weak because Ottawa speaks for Alberta’s trade. Albertans strengthen that position when they understand the energy is theirs and the October 19th vote is how they stop Ottawa from using it as leverage.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@WBrettWilson @ikwilson Alberta will be an independent and prosperous nation. It is the best path forward for posterity. Equalization is literally written in the Canadian constitution. It can’t be abolished without 7 of 10 provinces agreeing.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@ExnerPirot Agreed. Power and compute represents an export of our energy without a physical molecule leaving Alberta.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@ArmstrongEcon @RiseOfAlberta Indeed. That’s why we will have the Alberta Dollar.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@AdamAscended @HMcPhersonNDP FN agreements are integral in any serious plan. They get negotiated ahead of independence, with FN at the table. Assuming they will not be is not an argument. Also - an unamendable core of our AB constitution will protect our sovereignty.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@AdamAscended @HMcPhersonNDP Precisely. Divided governments and elections are not unique to Canada. An independent Alberta will have a constitution ratified by Albertans that will limit the powers of the sitting government.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

@AdamAscended @HMcPhersonNDP Agreed - these are valid points to consider. A portable pension is convenient. However, whatever can’t be written into agreements simply changes how people weigh a job- pay, pension, and location. This is not a reason an independent Alberta can’t be built. Just changes the math.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

Labour mobility will be written into new agreements; people already go where work and law enable. Guarding against concentrated power is a constitutional task, not a reason to remain. Treaties predate Alberta as a province. They will be renewed with FN actually at the table. Valid points to consider as we establish our nation but in no way do they make a case against independence.

[Astraea @Astraea_AB]

Independence means Albertans set tax, trade, immigration, and energy policy. A strong economy and a country built for growth do not make AB more dependent on the US. AB will deal with the US as a supplier that sets its own terms. Remaining in Canada has those terms negotiated by Ottawa.

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@jkenney @CPC_HQ This, again, sidesteps the underpinnings of the separatist movement via distraction and labelling. Alberta Independence values sound institutions, the rule of law and a government that answers to its people. It questions our deal in confederation.