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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

I was curious about how this will pan out, and found this:
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/11/05/Has-Alberta-Separatism-Gone-Mainstream-Common-Ground/

About 30 per cent of Albertans support or somewhat support the idea of separation, while most do not. This figure fluctuates but hasn’t changed substantially since 2019.

The conclusion from our research is clear: the typical Albertan doesn’t want to separate but gets why others do. Supporting separatism isn’t mainstream, though being curious about it is. The bridge between those viewpoints is not a long one.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

That is a terrifyingly high number if you ask me.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago

You can get a quarter of the population to vote for basically anything.

[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Thank god that first-past-the-post could give 39% or less full control of the provincial government.

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[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

The number goes down below 10 when asked if they'd want to separate if the Conservatives had won the federal election. They're just angy at the libs. When push comes to shove they will vote it down.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It gets more worrying

I would like to hear a firsthand experience on the last point however.

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[-] SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Referendums and the specific topic is a bit different. But I think looking at Trump and America should make people very wary of what having 30% of the population as fanatics can do.

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[-] phanto@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago

I'm kind of in favor of throwing every one of the traitors over the southern border by the seat of their useless pants.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

As an Albertan, I would do the same - but charge them for the ride.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But throw them in Alaska, no where near a road or border town

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[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

There is no independant state. The choice is be part of Canada or be part of the US, and I'm not sure what in Trump's record make people think he would treat Canadians any better than Russia treats Ukranians

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[-] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 13 points 1 week ago

So dumb.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

For le sakes du phoque

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

They don't get the land. All they get are plane tickets.

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[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I would love to see them go for it, it would be very funny.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

I'm more worried that they'll be "aquired" by another nation, and suddenly BC is cut off from the rest of Canada and we have a new unsecured land border with far too much infrastructure.

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[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

I'd love to see the malcontents just leave. Nothing's stipping them from moving south like they all seem to want to.

It's not like they can just walk off with the land. Most of it is treaty land

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