If Albertans were offered a choice between suffering through a recession with Canada or possibly succeeding on their own, which do you think they'd choose?
And that will work out ever so well for Alberta won’t it. First thing Trump would do is either immediately replace Smith with a loyalist toady, or curtail her authority to nil. Then make a deal with all the operators in the Tar sands that bypasses Smith and Alberta citizens, to control all aspects of oil production and use.
Then treat every Alberta as immigrants. So second class if that. All union jobs will be declared illegal, all workers rights will disappear and those Albertans who voted to secede will find themselves, homeless, out of work, destitute, and stuck in a Country that hates them because they are traitors to their original home and will be treated with the utmost contempt, by them.
Danielle Smith is a complete and utter idiot as are any of these brain dead Albertans who think separating and joining the US is somehow going to turn out great for them. Shows just how little critical thinking ANY of them do!
A sobering thought presented here. The Tariffs, and Trump generally, probably do not present the “existential threat” to Canada that some people claim. It is the UPC’s actions amplified by those of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition that pose the real threat to Canada. We can live through a recession and even an economic realignment if necessary. We’re going to have to either way. We can’t keep spending the way we have been and now we have to allocate so much more to our military - some painful cuts and hard times seem inevitable. We’ve been through worse and this will pass. We will still remain among the rich countries of the world and potentially rebound stronger than ever, unless… - unless mindless populism allows enemies of Canada (Smith, Trump, Musk, Putin) and their inadvertent self-serving enablers (Poilievre) to cause us to self-destruct.
Trudeau definitely flew down for dinner to talk tariffs. Even if Alberta separatists wanted to become the 51st state (and a few do), I doubt that’s on the table. Smith, however, might find the Alberta separatists start demanding she try and move on separation if the tariffs come (which I argued that they likely will because it’s about American jobs — not just “border security”).
And that will work out ever so well for Alberta won’t it. First thing Trump would do is either immediately replace Smith with a loyalist toady, or curtail her authority to nil. Then make a deal with all the operators in the Tar sands that bypasses Smith and Alberta citizens, to control all aspects of oil production and use.
Then treat every Alberta as immigrants. So second class if that. All union jobs will be declared illegal, all workers rights will disappear and those Albertans who voted to secede will find themselves, homeless, out of work, destitute, and stuck in a Country that hates them because they are traitors to their original home and will be treated with the utmost contempt, by them.
Danielle Smith is a complete and utter idiot as are any of these brain dead Albertans who think separating and joining the US is somehow going to turn out great for them. Shows just how little critical thinking ANY of them do!
This made me think. What better than an essay that makes you think! Thanks.
Now that sounds like a great thing to share :)
The 🍊🤡 is a bully.
Why people support someone like Trump? Stupidity. Poor values and morality.
If Alberta separated, would the drive to BC be shorter?
A sobering thought presented here. The Tariffs, and Trump generally, probably do not present the “existential threat” to Canada that some people claim. It is the UPC’s actions amplified by those of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition that pose the real threat to Canada. We can live through a recession and even an economic realignment if necessary. We’re going to have to either way. We can’t keep spending the way we have been and now we have to allocate so much more to our military - some painful cuts and hard times seem inevitable. We’ve been through worse and this will pass. We will still remain among the rich countries of the world and potentially rebound stronger than ever, unless… - unless mindless populism allows enemies of Canada (Smith, Trump, Musk, Putin) and their inadvertent self-serving enablers (Poilievre) to cause us to self-destruct.
you lost me at ‘flies down last minute .. read similar re
‘Canadian contingent coughed nervously re ‘becoming the 51st State
Short Fiction ?
Trudeau definitely flew down for dinner to talk tariffs. Even if Alberta separatists wanted to become the 51st state (and a few do), I doubt that’s on the table. Smith, however, might find the Alberta separatists start demanding she try and move on separation if the tariffs come (which I argued that they likely will because it’s about American jobs — not just “border security”).