@DayleenVann Can you imagine having a net worth of 3 million dollars and thinking the country you amassed that wealth in is somewhere you need to flee from?
@OlsenConrad@johnfhuizing Naw, wed be landlocked, with 6 months of winter we would have limited agricultural trade, we do virtually no manufacturing here. Theres 1000 reasons why what you are saying is wrong.
@nooneyouknow72@furmsies Oversimplifying a complex issue.
Private schools are just that, private. We should not be funding private corporations. When rich people can pay to get out of something everyone uses, it gets worse. Just read into it dude.
@Martyupnorth Your understanding of economics is poor. Edmontonians taxes pay for your roads. The relationship between city and country has always been an interdependant one. Neither can live without the other.
@JeromyYYC Keep fighting for us. The people telling you to hush are the same ppl who want Danielle Smith to fight the federal gov. They have no principals or standards.
@BlaineBadiuk@WabKinew 700,000 Albertans did not ask for a referendum. Stop lying. 400k asked for a vote in parliament. 300k (unconfirmed btw) asked for a referendum. Does lying feel good?
@KellyKrall0411@ikwilson The same abuse? Are you serious? You cannot compare the abuse and injustices suffered by the Ukrainian people to Alberta at all.
@boehmerB Not just a bad idea, its a financially foolish one. We would almost certainly be absorbed by the U.S. and if we werent, wed be a land locked country with very few investors. Lots of people would migrate back to Canada. It would ruin Alberta.
@boehmerB It is a stable country, part of the G7, world respected, with a lot of innovative technical companies. Alberta receives significant oil and gas subsidies from the federal government and follows a lot of policies set forth by the federal gov. Seperation is...
@JonSedore@KristinRaworth I have far bigger concerns with the corrupt governance of the UCP than with the federal government. The wildrose party hijacked the PCs and we are all poorer for it.
I love Alberta. I grew up here. Built my life here. Watched my siblings raise their children here. My family built businesses here. My parents taught at the University of Alberta and helped shape generations of students. My grandfather was awarded the Order of Canada for his contributions to this province and played a role in keeping the Edmonton Oilersfrom leaving Edmonton.
I am as Albertan as they come. But I am every bit as proud to be Canadian.
So when I see people trying to convince Albertans that our future lies in separation, I reject it completely. Albertaโs strength has never come from walking away. It has come from building, contributing, fighting to be heard, and helping shape this country into something better.
I will spend every ounce of energy I have defending federalism, defending Canada, and keeping this beautiful province exactly where it belongs: in Canada.
@treadheavynow I dont want go be landlocked, i dont want to be part of a tiny country that will have to spin up its own mint, military, and dozens of other institutions, i like my country, i like the level of investment we get from the feds (oil and gas subsidies, etc.)