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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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Firstly, to all the pre-cog snowflake conservatives on here who are only capable of writing paragraphs when its about how you will be bullied, Seņor Coffee is proof positive that thoughtful engagement can lead to thoughtful disagreements.
Herr Coffee, thank you for answering the bat signal - I appreciate your post. I do want to push back on the first bolded...if we've learned anything in the last 6 years of general politics its that we can longer rely on the notion of 'common sense will eventually prevail'.
The UCP playbook has been to introduced completely absurd ideas and then 'back down' to something only mildly absurd. I'm not sure exactly how that plays out here, but we need to be vigilante and mindful of this tactic.
Your second bolded is so true and it's literally figuratively mind bottling. So many 'Bertan sentiments manage to include two completely contradictory ideas in the same sentence:
1. Alberta is the best province in Canada, yet...
2. Alberta is also biggest victim in Canada
It's nonsense.