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Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada
CBC News ^ | 05/21/2026 | Michelle Bellefontaine

Posted on 05/22/2026 8:22:39 AM PDT by DFG

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1 posted on 05/22/2026 8:22:39 AM PDT by DFG
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This is basic liberty, to be free from tyranny and determine one’s course of government. It’s no different from our 1776 event.


2 posted on 05/22/2026 8:24:38 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: DownInFlames

This is basic liberty, to be free from tyranny and determine one’s course of government


Some people prefer tyranny.


3 posted on 05/22/2026 8:25:16 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DFG

I hope they separate and become their own country. We’ll have a great trade relationship with them.


4 posted on 05/22/2026 8:29:32 AM PDT by ChuckHam
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Some have speculated that Alberta could become a US state.

That seems a longshot but see if they really vote to secede from Canada.


5 posted on 05/22/2026 8:32:22 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DFG

Installed WEF globalist banker tool Mark Carney says the answer is no. Before any vote, no. After any vote, no.


6 posted on 05/22/2026 8:32:25 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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It’s more likely that Canada will join the EU.


7 posted on 05/22/2026 8:33:54 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They will not vote to succeed from Canada. These referendums though give tremendous swagger to Alberta. They are rich with resources and Toronto and Montreal take advantage of them. Trump calling for Alberta to become a state was one of the best things to ever happen for that province.


8 posted on 05/22/2026 8:39:24 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: DFG

An independent nation of Alberta would have citizens who would be much wealthier and largely free of the tyranny of Canada. They would love it.


9 posted on 05/22/2026 8:40:54 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Secede


10 posted on 05/22/2026 8:41:10 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They would be stupid to become a US State, with our debt and immigration, they should be their own country. They just got to convince the rest of BC to kick out Vancouver and join them so they have a port.


11 posted on 05/22/2026 8:42:48 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: DownInFlames

Ask the Confederacy about that. And then ask a skankee.


12 posted on 05/22/2026 8:43:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: dfwgator

Agree banker Carney desires this outcome, along with his pal Keir undermining and scheming to get the UK back in.

They know they cannot implement their WEF global Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and 15 Minute City surveillance state gulags without everything tokenized onto the blockchain if there are still individual pockets of freedom existing on the Earth.

The USA is their biggest hurdle, they are playing the waiting game.


13 posted on 05/22/2026 8:45:08 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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“In her address on Thursday, she also affirmed that she would vote in favour of staying in Canada.”

And if you buy this one I’ve got some stock in a diamond mine to offer you. In a televised address on Thursday, Smith told Albertans that while she supports Alberta remaining in Canada, she is “deeply troubled” by the recent court decision to quash an Alberta independence citizen petition. So she wants to remain connected to Canada, but she is playing both sides against the middle by offering the citizens an olive branch. She’s going to do what she wants anyway, and she has already displayed her not wishing to secede. The only difference between an Iranian politician and a Canadian one is the canuks are closer.

wy69


14 posted on 05/22/2026 8:46:20 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: DFG

a referendum, to have a future referendum

Sounds like politics.


15 posted on 05/22/2026 8:46:30 AM PDT by PGR88
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FedGov and Big Canadian Media are just waiting for the chance to blame Premier Smith for the break-up of Canada, that’s why she has to play the good trooper, strictly following the Law

I think the actual vote, whenever it happens, will shock a lot of the complacent Eastern Canadian Establishment (the “Laurentian Elite”) ... in no small part due to the discriminatory and abusive way that Alberta consistently gets treated in this “Confederation of equals” (lol)


16 posted on 05/22/2026 8:57:36 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: DFG
Wow! IIRC Quebec had a similar vote some years back and it came quite close to succeeding. Scotland's vote a few years back was something like 53-47 against.

If the vote happens and it succeeds will Alberta really want to be independent of will they seek to become a state?

17 posted on 05/22/2026 9:04:45 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: PGR88
Sounds like politics.

It’s a slow walk.

18 posted on 05/22/2026 9:05:34 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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19 posted on 05/22/2026 9:05:49 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: canuck_conservative

Thanks, I’ve visited many times Vancouver was my favorite and even had a temporary work visa in Calgary for a time, never made it for the Stampede, my loss.


20 posted on 05/22/2026 9:08:51 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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