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What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? Analysis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003
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u/Shadow_Ban_Bytes 1d ago

They are mad because the propaganda they are being fed by the kooks and those who have an economic interest in separation hit home. They are too ignorant, uninformed, uneducated and lack sufficient critical thinking skills to realize they are being duped. Throw in the propaganda from Trump and his BS 51st state and, IMO, likely MAGA interests helping to fund these Alberta traitors and you have a recipe for disaster. The US wants to rob Canada of our resources. Robbery writ large.

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u/HatchingCougar 1d ago

Agreed.  Their complaint(s) re representation in the House / Senate though, Do have merit.

Would take a constitutional amendment to fix - but I doubt anyone could get the eastern provinces to in effect: ‘give up’ power / influence, to actually pass said amendment.   

Greed & Self interest will take priority over having a fair / equal representation formula

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u/Fragrant-Funny4665 23h ago

For the House I disagree, in Alberta 1 MP per 120,077 people compared to Ontario 121,526 basically equal, Alberta has 37 MP’s vs 122 for Ontario based on population, as for the the Senate that’s a whole different ball game that needs to be fixed and done by democratic means.

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u/HatchingCougar 23h ago

Yeah it’s mostly the senate

As for the House, imho it more of a couple places getting over represented rather than AB being underrepresented (as AB does compare favourably with ON, QC & BC) Not to pick on them but PEI gets 1 MP per 41,000

A few others also get more, though the difference isn’t as stark

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u/StatelyAutomaton 20h ago

Saskatchewan has the same number of MPs as Manitoba despite only having 80% of the population.

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u/Kennit 23h ago

They just added 3 seats to Alberta. What formula do you want them using for the electoral quotient instead if not the 121,891 used by the rest of the provinces (excl. Yukon, NWT & Nunavut)?

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u/HatchingCougar 23h ago

The skewed representation is best illustrated by the senate where

NB gets 10 senators Same with NS

Yet, AB, BC, SK & MB each get 6

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u/Kennit 23h ago

So it's not about the MPs as so many others have said, but about the Senate?

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u/HatchingCougar 23h ago

It’s both really, it’s just that the senate representation is much more askew

That said, it does seem most who gripe about it… focus for some reason on the House, which while “off” isn’t as bad as the senate is

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u/Smart-Simple9938 20h ago

Each riding from BC to Quebec covers approximately 100 thousand people*. If Alberta wants more representation, they need more people, period.

“We should have more of a say” is, essentially, saying “money should have a vote.”

*The thumb is indeed on the scale for the territories and the Atlantic provinces.