Alberta, what do you get out of the $91,000,000, yes, $91 million referendum? Nothing. This $91 million could have been spent on building 3 schools, or 4 senior homes, or emergency rooms, hiring doctors or nurses. Instead, you get nothing. facebook.com/share/v/1Ayhqhs…

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Elections Alberta says the October referendum will require hiring at least 60,000 workers and printing 45 million ballots. That will cost Albertans nearly five times what the last provincial election cost — up to $100 million — all so Danielle Smith can keep her deal with the separatists. Imagine what that money could do for healthcare, education, or addressing the affordability crisis. The UCP and Danielle Smith have the wrong priorities.

This might end up being the most one-sided independence referendum to ever exist, lmfao

Democracy also requires that all Canadians have a say when a fraction of the electorate in one part of the country tries to break Confederation. And democracy requires that in the event of an actual attempted separation, the parts of the province that don’t want to leave Canada, such as, oh, say, the cities of Calgary and Edmonton, remain part of Canada. If Canada is divisible, then Alberta is divisible. But none of this is about democracy. Democracy is not a free floating concept. It operates within existing institutions and social constructs. Separatists aren’t engaged in a democratic project, they are proposing a revolutionary act of constituent power. Democracy is the wrong lens through which to view attempts to break up a country in the absence of genuinely inhumane conditions or systemic oppression. And as much as I agree enthusiastically with many separatists’ grievances with Ottawa (and other provincial governments), this is not that.

"due process"

Except for the part where the document has the checkmark next to "legislative or policy proposal" and not "constitutional referendum proposal". come on man. elections.ab.ca/uploads/2025…

Lol even the doll 😂

Lets actually sit down and do the math on Alberta separation, because it seems like nobody else wants to. Right now, Alberta’s budget is roughly balanced. About $70-75 billion in, same amount out. It’s not perfect, but it works. The second you leave Canada, you don’t just stop sending money to Ottawa. You inherit the whole damn machine they were running on your behalf: borders, military, pensions, Employment Insurance, courts, federal policing, Indigenous obligations, foreign affairs, currency, central banking, all that shit. That’s not some rounding error. That’s an extra $30 to $60 billion a year in new costs slamming onto a province that was already spending every dollar it made. So now you’re looking at $105-135 billion in annual spending against $75 billion in revenue on a good year. That’s a $30-60 billion hole every single year, and nobody in the separation movement wants to talk about it. And it gets worse. You’re also picking up $120-150 billion in inherited federal debt. That’s another $4-6 billion a year just in interest payments before you’ve even hired your first border agent or opened a single embassy. Where the hell is that money supposed to come from? How do you close a gap that big? You’d need brutal spending cuts, a new sales tax, higher income taxes, higher corporate taxes, and you’d better pray oil stays above $80 a barrel. Even then you’re white-knuckling it. The real kicker is the oil revenue swings like crazy. Your new government costs sure as hell don’t. You can’t call up the military or the pension guys and say “Hey, prices are down this month, take some time off.” The bills keep coming whether WTI cooperates or not. And now there’s no Bank of Canada to bail you out when shit gets sideways. You’re on your own. Good luck with that. This isn’t about politics or which team you’re on. It’s just arithmetic. You want to be pissed at Ottawa? Fine, there’s plenty of reasons to be fucking pissed. But don’t confuse being pissed off with actually having a plan. Right now the separation crowd is long on anger and real short on math that adds up.

I understand that my personal information, including my home address, was shared publicly on a screen at a recent Alberta separatist event. It was also recorded on video, and is now circulating. This was apparently part of the outrageous data leak of Albertans’ private information, wherein Elections Alberta shared its entire detailed provincial voter database with the “Republican Party of Alberta,” which in turn shared it with some separatist group called the “Centurion Project,” whose leadership then shared my personal information publicly. Over the past few years I have received no shortage of threats from people broadly associated with the separatist / antivax / far right movement in Alberta. So it is disturbing that my personal information is now broadly available, particularly in those circles. While I have been targeted specifically, the broader data breach may also effect vulnerable Albertans, including victims of domestic violence, journalists, activists, judges, and other public servants for years to come. I will retain legal counsel to seek advice on recourse regarding this outrageous and potentially dangerous violation of my personal privacy.

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More lunacy from Alberta's top separatist. He wants to "landlock BC"🤡 by blocking every truck and train entering Alberta from BC for weeks. Huh? That's a recipe for economic chaos. - Massive shortages of everything we import from Asia, from industrial components critical to the energy industry, to most consumer goods on the shelves of your local Canadian Tire or Walmart; - Reciprocal blockades of goods heading to BC ports, including the vast majority of the prairies' agricultural exports, coal, lumber, chemicals, potash, etc.; - Possible force majeure by the federal government, owner of the TransMountain Pipeline, to reduce oil shipments, jeopardizing up to $20 billion in Alberta exports. All of which would mark Alberta as a banana republic in the eyes of both importers and exporters, resulting in long term higher prices as a risk premium for import contracts, and lower prices to secure export contracts. Not to mention ruining countless businesses in Western Canada with whom we have no grievance. This is weapons grade stupidity. We are right to be proud Albertans, and frustrated with Ottawa and the BC NDP. But we are way too smart to commit economic suicide.

Here is the "Wassup!" scene from Scary Movie Japanese Dub.

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