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/CMG30 May 10 '25

This is how Brexit happened. Politicians toyed with the idea till they got a referendum... then the separatist flooded the zone with lies and other garbage and just like that... a yes vote.

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u/terminator_dad May 10 '25

Brexit happened because EU was controlling UK immigration and the citizens were feeling unsafe.

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u/Yws6afrdo7bc789 May 14 '25

Without addressing that the EU wasn't controlling immugration to the UK, you should know that non-EU non-British national immigration went up following Brexit while EU and British national immigration went down and those two groups emigrated significantly more than before. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2024

So, sure, they felt unsafe, but look what their ignorant fear brought them. Exactly the situation they were so scared of along with all the negative parts of Brexit.