@MarkJCarney@chiefcindyafn I'm curious if you have even a single example of an economic opportunity the First Nations have created. Because there are hundreds of examples of them stifling economic development
@kim_gaetz You liberal sycophants are sad.
Almost 7% unemployment and the only G7 economy in recession, but that's ok because the Liberal majority "believes in Canada".
I sure wish Canadians could eat slogans.
Wow, you'll donate a kidney to a family member but not to a stranger?
Checkmate Separatists.
Trust radiates outward. I would rather help local communities over other provinces, just like I would rather help east-coast Canadians over third world countries.
But at some point after the rest of Canada keeps trying to economically cripple you while their hands are still in your wallet, the desire to help disappears.
@TurnbullWhitby The irony of your post would be funny if it wasn't so sad. You are here defending the government responsible for the only G7 economy in a recession while talking about misinformation.
Ideological capture is a hell of a drug
@DaIeJohnson We might be in a recession, but at least its a well-credentialled recession. I'm sure their intelligence and integrity will fill hungry Canadian's bellies
High trust systems degrade as they radiate outward. That is why people typically care more about their family than community. Then they care more about their community than their province, more about their province than their country, and more about their country than others on their continent.
Would I rather my tax money goes to Caroline or another province? Obviously Caroline.
Just like I would rather my tax money goes to my neighbourhood before it goes to help a different one in my same city.
It isn't a very complicated concept, unless you are being willfully disingenuous
@myabradshaw78 The only thing in the world that can get the NDP to start caring about over-spending is.... The risk of Albertans getting a say in how they live.
@CoryBMorgan Maybe. But right now the independence movement has to fight everybody on all fronts. Having the AB government on our side would make things 100x easier
Dear Albertans,
For decades, Ottawa has treated your province not as an equal partner in Confederation, but as a subordinate and an ATM. The unfair equalization formula has taken your wealth for 61 years. You’ve sent billions of dollars and have never received a single penny back.
In October 2021, 62% of you voted in a referendum to stop this wealth drain. And nobody is listening to you. Certainly not the Liberals. And not the Conservatives who take your vote for granted while doing nothing for you.
You’re right to be enraged. Ottawa blocks your pipelines, strangles your energy sector, kills your jobs, and then demands your money. They want your wealth but deny you the means to earn more.
I share your frustration.
Now you have a chance to be heard. On October 19, you will answer a critical question:
“Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”
You have two options: Should Alberta REMAIN a province, or COMMENCE the legal process to hold a binding referendum on separation?
The “Remain” option changes nothing. That’s the status quo. Alberta remains a colony of Ottawa’s imperial federalism.
That means allowing the federal government to continue interfering into provincial affairs with its unconstitutional laws, regulations and spending programs on sectors such as healthcare, natural resources development, education, and others.
That means pipelines being held hostage to costly carbon capture schemes, industrial carbon taxes killing your competitiveness, no equalization reform and zero control over immigration.
The “Commence the legal process” option is the only way to a strong Alberta. Voting to start the legal process for a secession referendum launches genuine negotiations for greater autonomy for Alberta. It puts a knife to the throat of Ottawa’s establishment. It gives you bargaining power.
Poilievre’s fake Conservatives and Carney’s Liberals will work together and promise you autonomy, just like they promised Quebec at the last referendum.
The result was the opposite, even with a very close 49/51% vote. More centralization and more trampling of provincial jurisdictions, including another bunch of unconstitutional federal programs created by Justin Trudeau in recent years: national daycare, pharmacare, dental care.
Don’t believe them.
History shows Ottawa only listens when faced with a credible democratic threat to its authority.
The federalist camp will lie and say a “Commence” vote means separation, and also untold catastrophes and the end of the world as we know it. That's not the case.
It’s a vote to start negotiations that could of course lead to separation, but not necessarily. It’s also a vote for an end to federal imperialism. A vote for autonomy, for fairness, for respect.
As in Quebec, that’s very likely what the large majority of voters want in Alberta, and that’s what would be by far the best outcome for everyone.
And to genuine Alberta separatists who want a more radical break anyway, I say: be patient. That debate comes later, after a strong “Commence” vote and possibly failed negotiations.
The People’s Party of Canada stands with all of you who are fed up with the status quo and want a radical change, whether it’s radical decentralization – as my party has been proposing for years – or outright separation.
We support the “Commence” option. We believe in a united Canada, but unity cannot be forced through coercion and constitutional overreach. True unity requires respect for our Constitution.
This is your moment Albertans. The time for decisive action is now.
But, let's be clear: Ottawa doesn’t listen to polite demands. It doesn’t listen to reason. It only listens to power.
Use your power. Vote to COMMENCE this legal process. Vote for a new beginning for you and the country.