Alberta pushes for independence: Separatists hope to hold a referendum in October to secede from Canada (english.elpais.com)
from Wudi@feddit.uk to world@lemmy.world on 11 May 18:02
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andrewta@lemmy.world on 11 May 18:33 next collapse

Nah this won’t go sideways.

Brexit anyone?

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 11 May 19:03 next collapse

It will be 10x worse than Brexit.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca on 11 May 19:18 collapse

it wont get that far

america, and the funding for this will implode first

ryokimball@infosec.pub on 11 May 19:05 next collapse

AFAIK this is a fringe piece of shit group that keeps getting free press. They should stop getting free press.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca on 11 May 19:17 next collapse

it is entirely a fringe piece of shit group - whose sedition is funded by yankees in an effort to destabilize Canada

I can hardly wait for the criminal charges that are going to follow this

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 11 May 20:08 collapse

You forgot the russia.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca on 11 May 20:11 next collapse

agreed 100%

Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world on 11 May 20:53 collapse

Russia doesn’t care

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 11 May 21:11 collapse

Their whole foreign policy is focused on destabilizing foreign countries and governments. They are absolutely involved.

Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:53 collapse

Not really. They’re interested in destabilizing America to further expand it’s interests.

Canada is more likely getting fucked by American and Chinese interests

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 11 May 23:09 collapse

Russia and U.S. amplifying Alberta separatist narratives to stoke division, distrust: report.

cbc.ca/…/russia-and-u-s-amplifying-alberta-separa…

Fuck russia.

redsand@infosec.pub on 11 May 23:39 collapse

China’s fucking you too just in different ways

Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world on 11 May 20:53 next collapse

Yea that’s my under standing as well. It’s all show. Part of a bigger picture right now.

In order for Alberta to separate they would need to convince all the provinces to agree and only after the province agree on what they get to walk away with. This isn’t happening.

They didn’t do a referendum. They found a loop hole. Very likely it was American influence like heritage foundation fixers that worked with them on this. Referendum historically fail. This is the Facebook mom groups type of bullshit

Witchfire@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:13 next collapse

When they put this up for a vote and get 20% support, surely they’ll all go away right?

…right?

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Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:52 collapse

They never have, I have doubts its truly 20%. They have had to push hard for this and manipulate a lot.

Darkonion@lemmy.world on 12 May 04:44 collapse

What I think will happen, is that the wording of the referendum question will be a barely readable word salad designed specifically to confuse. Votes will break into three groups: 1) coached to vote for seperatism 2) large random group with poor, or even moderately good, reading comprehension and 3) Can read good and want to stay. I believe that was done with the previous daylight savings referendum question.

ryokimball@infosec.pub on 11 May 23:01 collapse
BananaLama@lemmy.ml on 11 May 20:54 next collapse

Probably by US support to pressure Canada

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 12 May 02:23 collapse

Yep. This is known.

BriniaSona@piefed.blahaj.zone on 12 May 04:00 collapse

It’s gets Press because half our news is US owned.

AskMeForADickPic@lemmy.world on 11 May 20:02 next collapse

Please don’t let the morons win, Canada. Don’t be like the usa

borkborkbork@piefed.social on 11 May 23:18 next collapse

it’s always refreshing to hear about some other country’s contingent of dumb bastards trying to ruin things instead of having to survey the smoking hellscape the dumb bastards in my own country have left.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 12 May 02:24 next collapse

They should go.

But they don’t get to take the land with them. They get bus tickets and they hand in their passports.

CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world on 12 May 05:29 next collapse

It has zero access to any ocean…

Tolc@lemmy.world on 12 May 05:45 collapse

right to self determination for me not for thee