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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Smith has always been a closet separatist and now she is coming out of said closet as her recent actions have shown. She has set out some hard policies that must be implemented or, as she herself has stated, "it would cause a national unity crisis". She knows that a Carney gov't maybe receptive to some of her ideas but not all and she has made it clear that all of her demands are non-negotiable.
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But according to polls, interest in secession is relatively low in Alberta. It's the opposite of a national unity crisis if you call a referendum and it fails by a large margin. What is the analog to "rolling the iron dice" in the political arena?
People can vote against their own interests but Alberta separation based on economic concerns never made much sense to me as they want access to exports and this becomes harder if you convert yourself into a landlocked country with geography like Uzbekistan. It's even more obvious these days with Trump, and this is nowhere near as bad as it can get. We have also seen an increase in solidarity within Canada and Alberta could cash in on that.
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