@jkenney I am not quite sure who has control of your feed, but if it is you, I have to question my own ability to judge, as I was once a strong JK supporter. You obviously hoodwinked me rather well. You are truly a piece of fecal matter.
@WBrettWilson@ABDanielleSmith I think the problem is that we are never, ever getting a fair deal. Hasn't that been tried a few times already? What makes you think there can be change? The rest of Canada won't agree to it and we would need their support
@JeromyYYC Show your sources if you are going to make such outrageous statements. It should be plain to anyone with open eyes that Ottawa restrains our potential. Getting away should actually lower taxes paid
@TheRealDKGray It will be the definitely most expensive vote on Albertans if we don't at least try to obtain some kind of equality in within the confederation.
@jkenney Great speech! Too bad you can't take him on his word! One things for sure is that his plan was always to tank the agreement. This is hard to say but I think he may be worse than both Justin and Pierre.
The point of Option 2 isn’t that you have to know exactly where this ends. It’s that Alberta finally gets to negotiate from a position where our choices actually matter.
You can be unsure about independence and still recognize the value of leverage. You can want to hear what Canada is prepared to offer Alberta before deciding what comes next.
That’s the opportunity.
Option 1 keeps the status quo. Option 2 keeps Alberta’s options open and puts the decision where it belongs: with Albertans.
#LetAlbertaDecide #Alberta #AlbertaStrong #Option2 #ABpoli
I spent a lot of time reading the Canada West Foundation’s new report on Alberta separation, and I think Albertans should read it too.
Not because I agree with where it ultimately lands. I don’t.
But because something interesting happens when you work through the report carefully: parts of it make a remarkably strong case for why Alberta is having this conversation in the first place.
Decades of attempted reform. The same constitutional frustrations resurfacing again and again. Alberta’s enormous fiscal contribution to Canada. Legitimate questions about debt, assets, trade, pensions, investment, and what a transition could look like.
Those questions deserve serious answers. But identifying things that would need to be negotiated is very different from proving they cannot be negotiated.
And there’s one question I think deserves just as much scrutiny as every risk associated with leaving:
What happens if Alberta stays?
Because staying is a choice too, and it comes with its own assumptions, costs, and risks.
That distinction matters even more as we approach October 19. We are not being asked to settle every detail of an independent Alberta that day. We are being asked whether Alberta should accept the status quo, or begin the process that gives us the leverage to find out whether there is something better.
After reading this report, I’m even more convinced we should find out.
Vote Option 2.
#LetAlbertaDecide #Alberta #AlbertaPolitics #Option2
@JeromyYYC And other that the taxes that we pay to Ottawa for that, what strings did they attach to that and how much will they cost us. Nothing comes from Ottawa to Alberta that doesn't somehow erode our freedoms or stifle our sovereignty.