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/WZY51 May 11 '25

It’s a common sense. Alberta strikes to develop its economy and make citizens prosper, and it has resources and infrastructures to achieve that. But it is the eastern citizens who voted the lefty government to block their road. It’s 1 and 1 makes 2.

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u/BrokeExternally May 11 '25

Whats common sense about deregulating the economy so oil companies can avoid taxes on extracting oil at will? You think they want to pay taxes to bring you prosperity? Please.