Wexit Leader Wants Alberta To Join the U.S.
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Can we do that, still keeping Alberta but build a wall around Fort Mac?
I live in Alberta (since 2014). I've heard a few people express this opinion. It's definitely not a mainstream opinion though.
Outsiders will accuse Albertans of being uneducated rednecks, but the few people I am referring to are all STEM professionals. Alberta actually has a lot of highly educated professionals like engineers and scientists due to the large oil industry. The culture is pretty different though. I think the people here were just raised by people who felt they were wronged by Canada for so long that it is essentially inborn.
Many here seem to think Alberta is the only province that pays equalization payments to the federal government and don't appreciate that median wages in the province are still higher than the rest of the country.
Outsiders will accuse Albertans of being uneducated rednecks, but the few people I am referring to are all STEM professionals. Alberta actually has a lot of highly educated professionals like engineers and scientists due to the large oil industry. The culture is pretty different though. I think the people here were just raised by people who felt they were wronged by Canada for so long that it is essentially inborn.
Many here seem to think Alberta is the only province that pays equalization payments to the federal government and don't appreciate that median wages in the province are still higher than the rest of the country.
Caz
Canada's right wingers have been trying to push this kind of narrative for a while.
Here's Diane Francis in 2014:
www.politico.com
Their entire goal is to make Canada like the US anyway, makes us easier to exploit.
But they'll settle for Alberta if they can't have the rest of the country.
Divide up the country and then sell it.
But I think people in AB laugh at the idea.
Canada's right wingers have been trying to push this kind of narrative for a while.
Here's Diane Francis in 2014:
Why the U.S. Should Merge With Canada
Opinion: We share more than just the world’s longest border.
www.politico.com
Their entire goal is to make Canada like the US anyway, makes us easier to exploit.
But they'll settle for Alberta if they can't have the rest of the country.
Divide up the country and then sell it.
But I think people in AB laugh at the idea.
It's a very minority group of ppl, as some of the albertan stated. Definitely don't represent the province at all.
Dear Wexiters, you don't want to be a part of this, you will lose everything, seriously what is wrong with you?
Someone please tell this to my family; many of whom are pro-Trump and avidly support this movement. My grandfather pretty much only phones me to yell at me about "great" Trump YouTube videos at this point. They sit around in Calgary, soaking up Fox News all day, and it's brutal.
They think their population will have more say in a nation of 300+ million. /facepalm
Their exit strategy also doesn't appear to include plans if the USA goes Democratic or demsoc.
Wexit is a childish fantasy where they think they'll get all their wishes on the other side of the fence.
Their exit strategy also doesn't appear to include plans if the USA goes Democratic or demsoc.
Wexit is a childish fantasy where they think they'll get all their wishes on the other side of the fence.
We'll give the US Alberta if they give us Maine. We'll reunite the maritime provinces and we can become New Acadia.
Thankfully your grandparents are outliers in the province with the youngest median age.
Oh i'm well aware of that, like I said in the OP it's just them saying the quiet part about Wexit out loud.Caz
Canada's right wingers have been trying to push this kind of narrative for a while.
Here's Diane Francis in 2014:
Why the U.S. Should Merge With Canada
Opinion: We share more than just the world’s longest border.
Their entire goal is to make Canada like the US anyway, makes us easier to exploit.
But they'll settle for Alberta if they can't have the rest of the country.
Divide up the country and then sell it.
But I think people in AB laugh at the idea.
We don't need Susan's concerns in these here parts.
You know that "I'll move to Canada" fantasy that US white progressives bandy about then never follow through on when things take a bad turn in the US?
This is the Canadian white racist version of that.
Yup.
They'd need a good delousing of the GOP-minded first.
No you can't. Believe me, I've tried.
Speaking confidently for the majority of Canada, LOLno
Hey, I'm just an lowly American smart enough to marry a Canadian. I'd love for my home state of California to be part of Canada too 😂
I have a colleague at work who wants this. He genuinely believes Alberta would have more power as a US state, than in Canada.
No bagged milk in this part of the country.
While I don't anticipate Alberta leaving Canada anytime soon, I think its reasonable to expect the popularization of a nationalist Bloc Quebecois-style party that promotes Albertan sovereignty.
The Tories already dogwhistle in this direction, but Kenney seems to be backing off and conservative voters will eventually realize which way the winds blowing.
The Tories already dogwhistle in this direction, but Kenney seems to be backing off and conservative voters will eventually realize which way the winds blowing.