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@myabradshaw78 😴And again more misinformation posts without substance and echo chamber content #AlbertaIndependence

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❌One quarter, different methodologies and no context — that’s not a meaningful comparison. Easy to create an #AlbertaIndependence narrative with selective data. 👇

[Keith Wilson @ikwilson]

Alberta independence.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@ikwilson ❌One quarter, different methodologies and no context — that’s not a meaningful comparison. Easy to create a narrative with selective data. 😉

#AlbertaIndependence

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@david_parker And again — more @david_parker posts without substance, misinformation and echo chamber content 😴

#AlbertaIndependence

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

John, John, John, that’s exactly why support for #AlbertaIndependence is declining, there are no arguments and no real plan behind it.

Representation differences in #Canada are intentional they balance population with regional influence, like in most federations.

But #AlbertaIndependence doesn’t fix that. #Alberta wouldn’t suddenly gain influence — it would lose representation in national institutions entirely.

And more importantly: the #AlbertaIndependence argument assumes new partners, trade deals with #Canada and #US, better oil prices and additonal favorable negotiations. ❌None of that is guaranteed — all of it depends on others agreeing.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@tagalon69982097 @DanielMacl1n @johnwtomkinson And let’s be honest @JeffreyRWRath and others aren’t even hiding it. The entire #AlbertaIndependence plan is built around the #US 👇

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@DanielMacl1n So now it all depends on negotiations?

The whole #AlbertaIndependence plan basically assumes everyone else will agree. It assumes #Canada, the #US and other partners will all cooperate on Alberta’s terms. There isn’t even a fallback scenario, it only works if everything goes right.

And now you’re shifting to negotiations, so the #AlbertaIndependence plan doesn’t actually work as described?

Also, negotiations don’t override federal law. National parks are Canadian federal land — why would #Canada agree to hand over major tourism assets.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@AngetheBrave72 It’s great your business is doing well — but this says more about your guest mix than about any “narrative.” Tourism is volatile relying heavily on one country is a business risk, not a political argument. ✅

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@IgorRyltsev The Alberta flag has been around since 1968. What’s new is how it’s being interpreted by guys like you, that`s all

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@mario4thenorth

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🚩Even more unrealistic if you @TerryHethering9 consider that #Banff, #Jasper and other national parks are federal land — they would remain part of #Canada, not #Alberta.

So #Alberta would actually lose its biggest tourism draw.

Tourism doesn’t “explode” just because a place becomes a country. You need infrastructure, branding, access, stability and years of investment.

#AlbertaIndependence 👇

[Terry John Kerr 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏁 @TerryHethering9]

An independent Alberta will explode with tourism.
Everyone wants to visit the world’s newest Country.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

Calling that “disgusting” while suggesting Canada should become the #51stState is quite the double standard. So booing is unacceptable, but giving up sovereignty is fine!

That’s the same flawed logic you see with the #AlbertaIndependence "movement": it relies on the assumption that the #US would suddenly be a stable and favourable partner — while at the same time expecting #Canada to concede to #Alberta’s demands and future partners to pay more for its oil. 😂

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@myabradshaw78 is already failing at basic geography. 🌍

For @myabradshaw78 everything is a conspiracy. 😁

Flying from Ireland to southeast #France, #Geneva is simply the closest major airport and logistical hub. Geneva is the main arrival airport for the #G7 summit — all delegations arrive there.👇

[Bradshaw @myabradshaw78]

I wonder why Mark Carney has to make a pit stop in Switzerland before attending the G7 meeting in France??

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@myabradshaw78 It’s called geography. Flying from Ireland to southeast France, Geneva is simply the closest major airport and logistical hub.

Not everything is a conspiracy. @myabradshaw78

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@MrJoKeR604 Well, the whole #Canada #MAGA plan has major gaps and it largely relies on the idea that the #US 🇺🇸 would be a stable and favourable partner — which is a risky assumption at best. 😉

That’s not a strategy, that’s wishful thinking.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@DanielMacl1n You’re making a lot of claims and assumptions. That’s still not a plan. ❌

Saying “nothing is solvable within Canada” isn’t proof, it’s a blanket assumption. If that were true, there wouldn’t be ongoing policy changes, negotiations, and provincial influence at all.

Calling institutions “corrupt” doesn’t solve the problem either replacing them means building a currency, central bank, regulatory system, courts, and international credibility from scratch. That’s not simpler, it’s significantly harder and riskier.

On trade: if CUSMA isn’t renewed for Canada, it doesn’t magically exist for Alberta either. Trade agreements are negotiated by sovereign countries a new Alberta would start from zero, with less leverage, trying to secure access it already has today.

Equalization also isn’t one-dimensional — it ignores federal spending, investment, infrastructure, and guaranteed access to the Canadian market.

#AlbertaIndependence

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

@Lailapolooza_5D @therealmrbench @saltiflo @Lailapolooza_5D That argument falls apart the second you include actual facts. You’re focusing on one #Trump narrative while ignoring external factors like #US trade actions. That’s not reality, that’s selective outrage.

[Canada Fact Check @fact_canada]

📍One single poll from one source change the reality. The broader data tells a very different story. For example, Ipsos recently had it at 18%, and Angus Reid shows clear majorities (60-67%) wanting to stay.

#AlbertaIndependence Support has actually dropped in more recent polls. That’s not momentum — that’s a consistent minority position.

But if you prefer to rely on a single poll (40.9% isn’t minority) with unclear methodology, go ahead.

[Paul Chandler @PaulCha94025901]

It’s no wonder why our new finance minister won’t answer questions on if he favours separation or not. #ableg #abpoli