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  As someone from Texas, that’s somewhat disturbing to hear.
context: The leader of Alberta’s provincial government, Danielle Smith, justified her support for the bill by saying, “It’s not like Ottawa is a national government,” a conclusion that is widely disputed by constitutional experts.
  
  This is just pure comedy gold. Well done writers. >
  
  "Widely disputed"  or as everyone understands it, completely wrong. >
  
  I just personally passed a law.  I feel so much better. >
  
  I believe those people call themselves sovereign citizens.  They will literally do stuff like that in order to try avoid paying taxes, rent, you name it. Many live in Alberta, unsurprisingly. >
  
  They don’t need healthcare anyway >
  
  that's not how federal laws work. >
  
  Oh really, care to share a single example my making stuff up because why not friend? >
  
  Oh my, so Quebec isn't a part of Canada anymore? >
  
  Conservative Canadians are just as dumb as conservative Americans, which is a really low bar. >
  
  I wonder if they have this sovereign citizen stuff too.  A wink and a twirl and a bit of pixie dust and suddenly laws do not apply somehow. >
  
  We do, unfortunately. There is an idiot going around (figuratively, but also literally going around the country in an RV) calling herself the "Queen of Canada," telling her supporters (yes, she has a mini cult of personality) that they don't need to pay their bills, follow COVID rules, etc, because the "Queen of Canada" said so.
  I work in a social services style job that deals with the public and I would say I hear some sovereign citizen idiocy every couple months. One the other day tried to tell me how somehow maritime laws and international waters prove that you don't need a license to drive a car on land. It didn't make any sense at all.
  Social media is globalizing and homogenizing the "anti-globalist," and America is culturally very dominant. Our nutjobs are starting to sound exactly like American nutjobs. >
  
  The queen of Canada died in September. >
  
  Wrong one. That was the real one. >
  
  Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. Canada did have an actual queen but since September it now has a king. >
  
  A long what? >
  
  Lol, somehow “king” autocorrected to “long” >
  
  Albertan here:
  FUCK the UCP. We are Canadian. You are traitors. >
  
  Also can people stop lumping shit together and saying “Western Canada”? BC isn’t this stupid. >
  
  Except for the Albertans who move there and create conservative voting areas. >
  
  Stupid southern American here: 
  So Alberta = Alabama with snow? >
  
  Closer to Texas. Lots of oil money. >
  
  Presumably a lot fewer heavily armed bigots chomping at the bit for a civil war, though. >
  
  Just as many, unfortunately.