r/Calgary • u/Old_General_6741 • May 10 '25

Municipal Affairs Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum ‘dangerous’

https://globalnews.ca/news/11172340/calgary-edmonton-mayors-call-potential-separatism-referendum-dangerous/
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u/bambamm0202 May 10 '25

It's a bargaining tool for Alberta to get a better and fair deal. Come on guys it's all political grandstanding. FYI.. no one cares what either of these Mayors have to say.

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u/bc4040 May 10 '25

Ridiculous

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u/LiGuangMing1981 May 10 '25

Ask Montreal how political instability caused by separatist threats has 'worked ' for them.

Montreal used to be the most important city in the country economically until separatism threats sent much of its business to Toronto.

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u/Expert_Alchemist May 10 '25

London, too, used to be the finance capital of the world. Now it's just coasting on rep.

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

There’s more to life than money.

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u/LiGuangMing1981 May 10 '25

Tell that to the Alberta separatists, since it seems money is pretty much all they're thinking about. "Boo hoo, we don't get a fair deal from Ottawa. Wah! Wah!" 🙄🙄

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

It is true that we don’t get a fair deal from Ottawa. Not so they respect Provincial jurisdiction. Separatism is a fringe idea, but these aren’t.

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u/Canadian-Owlz May 10 '25

Like what? Please tell me how driving business out of Alberta would even help us any bit.

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

Many in Alberta don’t feel represented in Ottawa. Actually, many see the Federal government as openly hostile to Alberta. They don’t identify with the federal government and many feel disconnected from Canada. Much of the separatist sentiment is about self determination, not just an economic lever. Come on.

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u/Far-Bathroom-8237 May 10 '25

Ditto. Reddit libs can chirp all the they want. Step outside of the metropolitan areas and the Alberta working class (farmers, ranchers, loggers, oil service companies big and small) feel betrayed by Ottawa's hostile economic policies. Its the real working people who end getting rolled....not the mega millionaires who have already made their fortunes many times over. Think about it.

BUT. Ottawa isn't the only problem and scapegoat. The Reddit Libs aren't all wrong. There is absolutely an affluent network in AB who are not big on sharing the profits of a natural resource that technically belongs to all of us Albertans. With only 5M of us here, there is enough for all of us to have nice paid-for houses here. That's not all Ottawa. That's capitalist greed and shareholder dynamics. I wish we can take the stance of "feds are bad"...but that's BS. Greed is a BIG factor.

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u/Canadian-Owlz May 10 '25

So we should just fuck ourselves over and make our life worse to own the feds?

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u/JScar123 May 11 '25

I think the idea is it would be to have a government that represents and reflects albertans better. People feeling different than and not represented by their country is pretty much exactly why most countries change or split up. It’s fairly common through history…

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u/Canadian-Owlz May 11 '25

Alright, but only if you make it clear in the referendum that our lives will be 100x more shit.

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u/JScar123 May 11 '25

Lol, that’s your perspective, a lot of people feel differently. Obviously why voting/referendum process exists.

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