US EditionAlbertans rally for separation, saying things won’t change under Confederation
- Some Albertans are calling for independence from Canada, claiming, "We have to divorce from the abusive relationship with Ottawa," as stated by Cameron Davies, a leader of the breakaway movement.
- An April poll by Angus Reid Institute found around 30% of Albertans would vote to leave Canada.
- Frustration over a decade of Liberal policies has led some to believe there is no fix under Confederation.
- One individual expressed feeling "crushed" about the lack of representation in Canada under the current government.
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Why western Canada should join the US
I was born in Saskatchewan and have no intention of returning. It’s the Siberia of Canada, an area bigger than France – where I now live – with the population of Buffalo, New York. It’s sucked dry by Ottawa. Elon Musk was here, and left. And it has winter temperatures of -40 degrees. Alberta has slightly more going for it: skiing, bears. But Albertans aren’t gruntled, either. The last time I was in Calgary I had lunch at the elite Ranchmen’s Clu…
Pro-Separation Albertans Hold Rally, Say Things Won’t Change Under Confederation
EDMONTON—Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta legislature to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and a few even displaying the U.S. Stars and Stripes. “I thought it was a beautiful, fantastic …
Katheryn Speck said that she was once a Canadian nationalist, that she had traveled around the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and that she had lived in Quebec to become perfectly bilingual.
Albertans rally for separation, saying things won’t change under Confederation
Katheryn Speck was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta legislature to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and a few even displaying the U.S. Stars and Stripes.
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