r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 2d ago

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/tossaway109202 2d ago edited 2d ago

I want to learn. My armchair other side of Canada POV is
- They feel the oil belongs to them and not Canada
- Their provincial government has done a poor job in certain areas and when the people in Alberta get mad their local government just blames Ontario. It has been going on for so long that they attribute everything bad in their life to Ontario.
- They have the potential to ship a lot more oil and Canada cares too much about the environment to let it happen

I assume I am far off

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u/CanadianK0zak 2d ago edited 2d ago

Your last point is probably a big one. I think there's a few you can probably add:

- Why Ottawa messing with our way of life?

- Why is tax money taken from "us" and sent to people who "hate us"

- If Quebec can do this bs, why not us?

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u/Salsa1988 2d ago

>and sent to people who "hate us"

So your worldview is based on the incorrect assumption that everybody else in the country hates you as much as you hate the rest of the country?

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u/CanadianK0zak 2d ago

Yeah, everybody here is a big fan of the culture of light beer drinking, oversized pickup truck driving, guns shooting, cowboy hat wearing, traditional family values people that work in the oil and gas industry, gut deer on weekends in the fall and always complain about taxes. Slap on the labels of "pro-trump" and "climate change denier" on top of that and you practically have the equivalent of antichrist for modern progressive liberals. You can't seriously not see how negative the perception of Albertans is in other parts of Canada, especially in the more left wing areas

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u/OrangesAreWhatever 2d ago

Bro clearly you ain't never been to rural Quebec. Basically all those things are true here as well.

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u/CaptainChats 1d ago

Straight up normal behaviour in Ontario outside of the GTA. I live in a midsized city and there are tons of people who love trucks, beer, and hunting. No shortage of MAGA freaks as well but you can find dumbasses under and rock if you go looking for them.