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[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That explains it. Good luck to Canada. Please don't become like the US. I heard Alberta wants to become independent

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

A very small number of Albertans, backed by a lot of American and Russian resources, want to become independent. Most of Albertans just want a voice at the federal table.

[–] meowmeow@quokk.au 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Does the voice at the federal table mean a bunch a CanadaTexas right wing bullshit?

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Canadian Federal politics are largely dominated by "haves" vs. "have nots". Alberta has historically been a "have" province with a decent amount of money flowing in from oil and gas industries. They resent having to pay federal taxes to "have nots" like their agricultural neighbors with larger First Nations populations. The narrative goes that Alberta (and western Canada) is paying taxes to Ottawa and Ottawa is "too far east" to understand/care about Alberta.

It's all BS, they have equal ability to elect MPs, but because oil and gas is on the way out they throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way.

[–] meowmeow@quokk.au 4 points 6 hours ago

I hate humans.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Albertans have a voice at the federal table. It says "fuck you, we're the best! We've got all the resources and all the talent and all the prospects and we make all this money, but mean Mr. Maple Man makes us share it and it's just not fair to have to contribute to a country that doesn't ever give us any help at all and we're all suffering so much because we have nothing!"

Alberta needs to be dissolved and reabsorbed by NWT, BC, and Saskatchewan.