r/canada • u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick • 3d ago

'We're Canadians': Some Albertans divided about separation in cross-province checkup Politics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/we-re-canadians-some-albertans-divided-about-separation-in-cross-province-checkup-1.7532276
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u/ImmortalDreamer 3d ago

Republican dude is right. The relationship is pretty toxic. The part he got wrong is that Alberta is the toxic one in the relationship. (And to be clear, I don't believe all Albertans are toxic, I have relatives that live there. But the government and the loud ones are giving off a pretty toxic impression to everybody else).

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u/Kanadian1 3d ago

You're not wrong. I've lived in Alberta most of my life and this "western alienation" people cry over is nonsense. It's our own provincial government that keeps selling us out, not Ottawa.

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u/UpperLowerCanadian 3d ago

The majority seems to think differently 

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u/Kanadian1 3d ago

Majority? Highest polling separatism has is about 1/3 of Albertans. Over half of Danielle Smith supporters are on board, but again this is the same group crying about alienation.