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  I heard that Notley held a meeting in Calgary with business leaders and had a packed room.  While she is ostensibly NDP, she is at least known and stable in her politics.  I'll also note that she got agreements for an East Coast pipeline, with Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario which the conservatives couldn't do.
context: If your entire soverignty movement is based upon not liking the current Prime Minister, it will never succeed. >
  
  I don’t think it’s that? A friend of mine from Canada told me that Alberta always threatens to join the US, Alberta being a large oil producer and one of the main drivers of the Canadian economy. I see this as more of a bargaining chip to strong arm their own agendas. >
  
  Alberta: "We're joining the US!"
  The US: "Nah, we're good." >
  
  Honestly I feel like a good number would want it just because if it’s truly that conservative it’s another +2 R Senators. They want any edge they can get what with how the future it looking for them. >
  
  The Compromise of 2023: Alberta and DC are both admitted as states. >
  
  I’d honestly be okay with that less because of gaining seats in the senate (well, we would lose as Alberta would get more house reps), but more because it’s insane to me DC doesn’t get an actual say in the Senate or House. 
  Basically I’d be for it for the principle of the matter.
  To be honest I wish Canada would unite with us solely so we could get a large number of Senators who would go Democrat, but that’s a pipe dream I know. And Canada is actually pretty split, just not as bad as us. >
  
  It might be insane to you but it was done intentionally.  The seat of the federal government was intended to be separate from the states.  The guys who fought for “no taxation without representation” were the same guys who felt they needed this after being pushed around in Philadelphia and Princeton. >
  
  Oh I know that. I got a degree in history and am now pursuing a law degree. But at this point in time I don’t think we have much to fear from a single city. We have far more to fear from even people flying in and storming the Capitol than the people in the Capitol getting a couple of senators. >
  
  Alberta's First Nations leaders have formally come out opposed to the act, so we can be relatively certain if it comes to secession Alberta will be separating in parts, not whole. >
  
  Considering all treaties with Indigenous are with the Crown and not Alberta, there wouldnt be a whole lot of “Alberta” left to secede. All Crown land and Federal land (Banff and Jasper) would remain Canada. 
  I dont think the USA would accept a swiss cheese province that also pisses off a huge trading partner and their largest shared border. >
  
  This law has no constitutional validity. It’s the equivalent of a tantrum throwing child saying “you’re not my mommy anymore” >
  
  That's debatable. Canada as a whole claims to subscribe to the concept of freedom of determination by the people. If the people of Alberta overwhelmingly support total independence from Canada; they should go for it and Canada would be ill-advised to try and stop it. I don't live in Alberta, I have zero connections there. >
  
  What a simplistic, shit take. Individual provinces should not be able to cede from a nation just because they want to. There's a lot more behind that type of decision than just the provincial government passing unconstituional bills. >
  
  
  Individual provinces should not be able to cede from a nation just because they want to.
  
  It's a bit awkward for any NATO state to adopt that stance without looking like massive hypocrites, after the intervention in Kosovo/Serbia. >
  
  Attempted genocides are a bit different than internal sovereignty disputes. >
  
  Readers should note that this Premier was not voted into office by a public vote. Her party voted her in after the previous Premier lost public favour based on many factors, of which most are issues that the new Premier is doubling-down on. I just hope that readers don't think this Premier or new law is representative of most Albertans. Yes, we have loud idiots but it seems that every population of humans has some of those. >
  
  As an Ontarian, we didn't choose Ford. More than half the province just didn't vote because all parties sucked ass, he basically won because the other parties didn't even try. 
  Andrea Horwath (NDP) should have stepped down in 2018 and Steven Del Duca (Liberal) was part of the Wynne govt we wanted gone in 2018 and both had bringing back masking etc as part of their platform, which was very unpopular. 
  Less than half of eligible Ontario voters actually voted. If I remember correctly, 41% of Ontarians voted, of those 41% that voted, 22% voted PC (on mobile, so someone please correct me if i'm wrong) >
  
  I'm sorry, it's rough when you don't really have a good choice :/ the situation in Alberta is quite complicated as well, although I really do believe the majority of us are on par with the rest of Canada in terms of progressive social values. >
  
  NDP and OLP weren’t bad, people just didn’t care or just wanted OPC in power. >
  
  I think you are right in that assessment >
  
  Let me guess: they'll be smug until first hardship hits, then they'll whine for federal help? >
  
  Yep, this happens every boom/bust cycle in alberta.  When the oil money is rolling in they do everything they can to not pay into the federal system and declare disasters in other provinces "not their problem".  Then when there's an oil bust they come crying to the rest of canada with cap in hand, but without an ounce of humility. >
  
  Sounds like Texas >
  
  Yep. Bunch of whiners the lot of them. >
  
  Don't group me and others with the rest of the conservative/far right losers here in Alberta, they're a bane on this provinces existence and well being. >
  
  Found Nenshi’s reddit account. >
  
  This is ironic because Nenshi was one of the nost progressive leaders in Canadian history and he was elected multiple times to be the Mayor of the biggest city in Alberta. >
  
  The Canadian Constitution clearly lays out federal and provincial responsibilities. The Act is entirely symbolic/ a political stunt. >
  
  This is correct.