Alberta independence organizers claim signature threshold met, according to reports (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Reminder that the folks in charge of the separatist movement own a gun shop, hence its relevancy to this community.

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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 22 points 19 hours ago

Only because they lowered the threshold.

[+] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works -15 points 19 hours ago

Still 177k Canadians who have lost faith in the federal government, and that’s just Alberta alone.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago

The main reason they've lost faith in the federal government is because billions of dollars have been invested in convincing those people that the federal government is responsible for all the things their own provincial government actually fucked up.

It is literally stupid people falling for stupid shit. Instead of educating these morons, they just feed their ignorance with conspiracy theories and culture war bullshit.

[-] canadian_commie@lemmy.world 19 points 19 hours ago

More like 177k are idiotic chuds who lost an election and are having a hissy fit.

[-] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

I'm pretty happy it's only 177k actually.

[+] GuardYaGrill@sh.itjust.works -20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Well when the government favours city folk and has oppressed those who live in rural areas for well over a decade you tend to get fed up.

[-] canadian_commie@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago

Oppress? You are using words I don’t think you fully understand lol.

I live in Northern Ontario, I know all about rural life. No separatist movement here.

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 4 points 14 hours ago

Lmao. Yeah why on earth would the government favour the majority of the damn populace - it's a mystery.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago

No one in rural areas is "oppressed". That's absolutely ridiculous. Go outside, man. The world is very different in person, than what they show you on-screens.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

If they were communists then you'd have a point.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

They never had faith to begin with.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

People used to be executed for being a traitor. Probably should bring that back.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

Well if Quebec gets to inch closer to separation every year, why not the other provinces too?

[-] grey_maniac@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

I think the execution requirement should apply to them, too. Regardless, just because they want to separate doesn't mean they can take the land with them. And they will have to take on their percentage of the national debt, of course.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I have very select words for Quebec too. And none of them are fucking French.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Tabernac!

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

Here in Red Deer I never saw a single person signing the petition (I regularly drive past like 6 signing locations).

I was expecting them to miss the threshold and then the government say something like "oh there was enough to show that people are interested".

I'm really torn between this being kind of fishy and unsurprising. Either way, I fully expect the referendum to fail.

[-] OnfireNFS@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Yeah in Calgary I don't think I've seen a single person at a signing table. They have a bunch of flags and crap out too really trying to entice people but it's always empty. I also feel like they've been out for weeks if not months at this point?

Maybe some of the more rural areas had more people signing

[-] sixpaque@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

I came across a "Passport to Alberta" that was issued back in the 80s. Of course, it's a novelty passport; however, it does show, like Quebec, the ongoing discontent in the provinces. And, I must say, it's always brought on by the politicians for some reason. They are the root cause of disillusionment.