re: This Alberta thing is real and the Canadian PM is freaking out

It’s definitely going to a referendum, that’s an afterthought at this moment as it will be before the citizens in 2026. What most Americans don’t realize or care for that matter, was that Quebec was less than 1% away from actual succession in 1995.

Alberta has been represented by the Federal Conservative Party for 46 of the past 50 years and a collation of the Provincial Conservative Party and Federal Conservative Party appears imminent.

I’d laugh my arse off if Alberta’s cause re-ignites that fire in Quebec and Carney is faced with a two pronged crisis that will tear Canada apart right in front of everyone’s eyes.

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The current Alberta premier, Danielle Smith, has opened the door to a referendum by lowering the threshold for a citizen initiative to hold a referendum to a mere 10% of the votes cast in the most recent election. In practice this means that gathering just 177,000 signatures would be enough to put the measure before voters next year.

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“President Trump has upended Canadian politics and offered Alberta’s secessionist a new political route forward.”