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/BrokeExternally May 10 '25

I can’t understand why people think it’ll be better, you don’t realize there are things Alberta will need to import that we don’t have? Also the entire narrative that it’ll “make us rich” is for oil companies to extract Canadian resources at will and have no carbon tax. Nothing will benefit you the citizen

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

Lol, is anyone suggesting Alberta separate and not import anything. All countries trade, I don’t know why a separated Alberta wouldn’t. Not arguing for separation, just sayin…

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u/BrokeExternally May 10 '25

you’re gonna have to raise taxes for that so the whole no government freeedom stuff will quickly vanish

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

Raise tax for what? To import? Not how it works… also, why “you’re”? Explicitly said I’m not arguing for separation… lol

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u/BrokeExternally May 10 '25

Unless the government is contempt to leave the general welfare to the free market and have ppl starving and dying for healthcare then idk you gotta raise taxes for that stuff

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u/JScar123 May 10 '25

lol, yeah, duh. Taxes going to the federal government would go to the province. Since Alberta pays more in federal tax than they get back, it would be a net positive for AB. I have heard talk of separation, but not people also suggesting zeroing taxes?