Albertans have already spoken once.
In 2021, 61.7% voted to remove equalization from the Constitution. The message was clear: Alberta wanted a fairer arrangement. Premier Kenney took that result to Ottawa and to the other premiers.
They ignored it.
No reform. No negotiation. No meaningful response. Nothing changed.
That is the lesson Albertans should carry into the next referendum. Some questions send a message. Others create leverage.
The other October referendum questions may express Alberta’s frustration, but they do not legally require Ottawa to do anything. They can be acknowledged, dismissed, delayed, or forgotten.
An independence referendum is different.
It forces Canada to confront the question it has avoided for too long: whether Alberta will continue paying the bills while others make the decisions.
This should not be about party labels or political personalities. It should be about jobs, homes, housing, services, and whether Albertans have enough say over the future they are being asked to fund.
Get informed. Compare the claims. Then vote.
Alberta has the opportunity to end Ottawa’s political and policy economic embargo. The real land locking isn’t the Rocky Mountians, it’s the Laurentian Mountains.
@ikwilson nails it again.
"Imagine how much growth our economy would have had if we didn’t always have Ottawa with its knee on our neck and its hand on our wallet!"
On October 19, vote to end the embargo.
Justin Trudeau tried to quash an Apotex (Barry Sherman) lawsuit days before the targeted murders. Justin embezzled $400,000 in public funds to cover his (REDACTED third party defendant) legal expenses then threatened Barry Sherman after Barry Sherman refused to drop the lawsuit.
Keith Wilson won the debate because he made the case for Alberta’s future.
Jason Kenney leaned on fear and nostalgia, but offered no concrete plan to reform Alberta’s broken position within Canada.
One argued for the future. The other defended the past.
What don’t the Laurentien clique get about Alberta?
That we are fed up with stacked media, judiciary, Senate & House of Commons.
And fed up with grabby federal over-reach into our lives.
And them buying into climate alarm doesn’t give them the right to strangle our economy.
The rest of Canada got worked into a lather by the climate alarm hoax and took it out on Alberta.
We were now seeing the consequence of what happens when irrational fear combines with sanctimony.
@nenshi Hi Naheed, just wanted to check on those water pipes that you didn’t inspect in Calgary that started blowing up after you left….That was very unfortunate.
Winnipeg police & OPP announce the arrest of 33 people connected to Mexican Cartels & Hells Angels, in the largest drug bust in Manitoba history.
More than 525kg's ($37M) in drugs, 14 illegal guns, vehicles & cash were seized.
Where are the feds? Chasing licensed gun owners. 🇨🇦
@jengerson I have a difficult time understanding the fear of letting a referendum proceed. We to know the views of all Albertans on this issue. It will be a big mistake in my view to try and block this from proceeding. For or against exercise your right to vote.