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Bend it like Bourgeois · 12-11-2005, 08:53 PM

Word's like can't, won't and never are far too absolute for politics.

Anything can happen, without much difficulty at all, if enough people support the idea.

But to get that support you'd have to have meet two conditions: 1) most people thinking that the federal government makes their lives worse not better and 2) most people thinking that the situation would get a lot better if the government were all based in Edmonton

The first is a no brainer. No one has ever gotten a lot of support for the second. If someone could present the positive vision of what Alberta could be without Ottawa they'd have it and it the ground running with 30%-50% support I'd say.

I can't see it happeneing, but I'd be in (or rather, out) for sure if it did.

12-11-2005, 08:53 PM	#199
Bend it like Bourgeois Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Word's like can't, won't and never are far too absolute for politics. Anything can happen, without much difficulty at all, if enough people support the idea. But to get that support you'd have to have meet two conditions: 1) most people thinking that the federal government makes their lives worse not better and 2) most people thinking that the situation would get a lot better if the government were all based in Edmonton The first is a no brainer. No one has ever gotten a lot of support for the second. If someone could present the positive vision of what Alberta could be without Ottawa they'd have it and it the ground running with 30%-50% support I'd say. I can't see it happeneing, but I'd be in (or rather, out) for sure if it did.