The continued decline in support for separatism is good news.
But a reminder to Alberta patriots: don’t be complacent. Don’t assume this is done!
There are 137 days to go, which is an eternity in politics.
While the separatists have almost never won more than 2% of the vote in 50 years of campaigning, there are a lot of frustrated federalists who think they can cast a risk free vote to “send a message” and gain leverage.
We need to remind those good people that Quebec’s “knife to the throat” strategy has been a huge failure, not a success, with Quebec becoming the poorest large population jurisdiction in North America (measured by per capita GDP,) with the highest taxes and debt. Becoming a big recipient of equalization is not something we Albertans aspire to!
In the 2021 equalization referendum, only 39% of eligible voters cast a ballot, and that was on the same day as a municipal election.
Imagine a similar or lower turnout in October. Hard core separatists, joined by a larger number of “send a message” federalists, could manage to get 20% of eligible voters to show up. On ~40% turnout, that might be all they need to push us into a political and economic crisis.
So please take this seriously. Get involved in one of the pro unity groups, speak to your friends and neighbours.
Make the case for Alberta to lead, not leave.
EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO.
Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions.
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Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.)
John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.