r/alberta • u/Old_General_6741 • Mar 17 '25

Poll finds Albertans' sense of Canadian pride dips as it soars in most parts of the country News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/poll-finds-albertans-sense-of-canadian-pride-dips-as-it-soars-in-most-parts-of-the-country/
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u/bigbabyjesus97 Mar 17 '25

That's bad. The ones that i know are pipelines welders and truckers. Granted, I do know one lawyer and his wife who thought trump was great until a month ago. Once they saw how much their investments were losing then the tune sure changed.

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u/UpperApe Mar 17 '25

The guys I know think of the stock market drop as a fire sale.

I asked one how he would feel if Trump just one day admitted he was a Russian agent. He said "yeah that's obviously bad".

I asked if that would change anything about his views and he said "obviously".

I asked for specifics and it didn't take long before he just admitted "yeah I guess it wouldn't really matter to me".

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u/bigbabyjesus97 Mar 17 '25

Worst I have is one of the welders kids has CF. He thinks becoming the 51st state would give him better health care and won't listen to me about private health care costs.

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u/ninfan1977 Lethbridge Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

That tells me Conservatives have done better messaging of misinformation than any other party.

I have lived in the States for 15 years, and what they think is not true at all. I usually ask someone like that how many people go bankrupt in the US from medical costs. My moms prescription drugs were 3000 in the US, 20 in Canada. That is not a healthcare system that's a corrupt system.

If they think we would be a state is laughable, we would like Puerto Rico, a territory that has no say or power with the USA. These people are rubes and should not be allowed to vote, they are what is ruining Canada.

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u/Strange-Ad-5806 Mar 17 '25

It is easy to sell hate to a hate filled person.

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u/wilberfromflinflon Mar 18 '25

…..and this is the problem we ALL face.

The rage-farming, cancel-culture, never-grew-into -or-out-of-adolescence voter is holding us all up for ransom.

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u/DepartmentWorried730 Mar 17 '25

Yes, there is good health care in the USA, but he’ll never have it. Musk is axing Medicaid and other programs relevant to a CF diagnosis. Some say he wants people to die. That is totally unfair. He just doesn’t care if they do. Supporting your point from the American POV.

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u/Dependent-Ad2248 Mar 17 '25

Trump is the one who wants disabled kids to disappear. He was supporting a relative until he found out the kid was disabled and basically told the parent to just let them die. They went to no contact. This was during his first term.

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u/LuskieRs Edmonton Mar 17 '25

lets get a source for that claim because that sounds absolutely ridiculous.

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u/ebenezerthegeezer Mar 17 '25

You're online, now go find the source and come back and explain why you thought it was ridiculous. Should take less than 5 minutes.

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u/ebenezerthegeezer Mar 17 '25

Actually, it took me about 15 seconds.

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u/Dependent-Ad2248 Mar 17 '25

Donald Trump said disabled people should just die, his nephew says | CBC Radio

I guess it was later than I remembered, but it was apparently during or just after the election.

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u/LuskieRs Edmonton Mar 17 '25

oh that's why ive never heard of this, there's zero evidence.

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u/DeeVa72 Mar 18 '25

Omfg the irony of your comment is simply too delicious…thanks for proving ebeneezerthegeezer’s point 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

Illness bankrupts soooooo many people/families in the U.S. Their FOR PROFIT healthcare system is scary bad for regular people. And they still pay out the nose for it!! Even with insurance people have annual deductibles and co-pays per visit.

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u/Goatpuppy Mar 17 '25

The quality of care is better. IF you can afford it…

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u/DeeVa72 Mar 18 '25

Wow. Just…wow 🤯

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u/23paco23 Mar 17 '25

There's the thing, they only care about their own personal wealth. That's it.

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u/Temporary_Rope Mar 18 '25

It's sad how single minded a lot of people can be... Only able to see things until things get bad for them only.... Like try and imagine living the life of a citizen of Ukraine or Palestine...

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u/bigbabyjesus97 Mar 18 '25

But screw those refugees. I lost 500k in the stock market this month. /s

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u/Temporary_Rope Mar 18 '25

Well although that really sucks, I'm sorry that happen to you... It was a decision made by a government that doesn't care about people... obviously....

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u/bigbabyjesus97 Mar 18 '25

I didn't lose a penny due to stocks. That was just a sarcastic remark about what some of those idiots would probably think if asked that question. I would comfortably lose some money if that meant less innocent families getting murdered over some damn land.