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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
The Alberta sovereignty stuff is a bit of a paper tiger / joke though.
I mean let's get real here, if the feds really wanted to make a scene or get serious they could. They are not letting Alberta separate, or whatever fantasy ridiculous stupid notions some people think.
Like, seriously, think about Alberta without Canada. It won't be good.
All the feds have to do to shut all this rhetoric down is literally just go and say 'sure, you go create an APP and all Albertans surrender all / any CPP / RRSP investments'. Boom, Albertans will stand off. And it's such a ridiculous notion to even say that, but maybe not as ridiculous as saying Alberta should separate or push for more sovereignty. One thing people don't understand is that the feds can pretty much do whatever they want. Like sure, there are laws, but all laws can change if they need to (even constitutions or any related acts).
The other softer approach the feds could do, is make some meaningful dialogue / advertisement happen that educates Albertans with all the many, many, many things that the feds / rest of the country actually does do for Alberta- which I think Albertans are hugely ignorant on and do not appreciate, whatsoever. Albertans are an insanely entitled group.
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You of all people know oil and gas revenues pay the rent in this country.
If it’s a paper tiger the Federal big boys sure aren’t acting like it.
What they really don’t like is the embarrassment of the defiance and the precedence it sets.