Posted on 05/25/2025 12:16:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Alberta is careening toward a referendum with the possibility of a divorce between the conservative, oil-rich province and liberal Canada.
Less than 24 hours after globalist Mark Carney and his leftist government won control on April 28, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduced a bill lowering the threshold needed to trigger a secession referendum. The bill, which has since passed, reduces the necessary number of signatures from 20 percent of voters who participated in the last general election to 10 percent, which equals somewhere around 200,000 names. It also increases the number of days allowed for collecting signatures by an entire month, from 90 to 120 days.
Citizen groups have already collected hundreds of thousands of signatures, according to reports. The Alberta Prosperity Project, for instance, says it has gathered about 240,000. The secession referendum will take place in 2026 if enough signatures are verifiably collected.
A recent Angus Reid Institute poll found that 30 percent of voters “say they would vote to leave [the] federation, whether to form their own country or to join the United States.”
Alberta, with its rich oil, gas, and ranching industries, and its Western heritage, has been dubbed the Texas of Canada. Many provincial citizens feel they’re being used and abused by the central government in Ottawa. The New York Times fittingly described their grievances this way:
Smith echoes the concerns of her constituents, noting in a press conference that
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I hope it happens.
Great, bring British Columbia and the Maritimes with you, Canada can have the rest. Maybe Newfoundland too.
So sad for Nazi Canuckistan!
We can always hope.
If Alberta secedes it will be a clear challenge to the Lincoln Doctrine.
I don’t care; let her rip.
Canadians are very government services oriented. It’s my understanding the Maritime provinces are particularly so since much of the work is seasonal.
This would be inviting in many socialist democrats!
Be careful what you ask for, you ma get it!
You are correct. OK, I will settle for Alberta and British Columbia, but I do like Nova Scotia.
Yes.
Alberta territory OK, but not statehood.
Same for any other provinces that are of the same mind.
As an eastern washington citizen ,I vow to visit Alberta the Country often and spend money.
Great, bring British Columbia and the Maritimes with you, Canada can have the rest. Maybe Newfoundland too.
Newfoundland/Labrador, which joined Canada in 1949 is so broke that Canadians talk about reverting it to a territory. Their main industry for hundreds of years, fisheries, has collapsed.
If Alberta wants to join, let them be a territory and then let them apply for statehood.
I don’t think they will let it happen. Step 1: rig the vote and kill the baby in the crib.
How about trading western/coastal OR & WA for Alberta?
Alberta needs to secede and become their own country. I’m sure we can find plenty of US businesses that would love to go in there and establish business and with that comes jobs, money, and success/independence for the citizens of said new country.
The Yukon would be another great territory to add to the US or even become part of Alaska.
It is most closely associated with Alaska for trade and supplies.
It is also very resource rich and without any major metro areas.
British Columbia would be great if it didn’t come with the metro area of Vancouver.
The island of Vancouver is fine.
The city is just as liberal as Seattle and Portland.
I agree that the vote will be rigged.
But I don't think it's necessary.
Maybe 40% will vote in favor. I don't see them getting 50%.
New Brunswick is the best of the eastern provinces. Its land is mostly in private landowners.
In fact a large part is owned by James D Irving.
Who also owns the largest petroleum refinery in Canada.
He owns millions of acres of timberland plus several hundred gas stations in Canada and New England.
I would not be surprised if he would be in favor of New Brunswick becoming part of the USA.
Then there would be no Tariff on his diesel, gasoline and heating oil he is selling here.
Not to mention his lumber mills in New Brunswick are the main supplier to Home Depot in the Eastern USA.
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