Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney compared Alberta’s vote on whether to move toward independence to Brexit, calling it a potential “dangerous bluff.”
It’s not even remotely possible for them to declare independence without going to war with the rest of the country. Alberta holds a large amount of indigenous land that was negotiated for with the crown and First Nations leaders have been very clear on being staunchly against Alberta “independence”.
This whole thing reeks of being an American/Russian effort to destabilize Canada with the aid of the MAGA-wannabe Albertan premier
Yeah, I don’t like that Carney is framing this as dangerous, because that suggests it’s possible. It’s like the toddler in the back seat threatening to crash the car; that’s not dangerous, it’s just them acting like a child.
Dangerous because Alberta has a volatile economy based on tar, and farming, both heavily subsidized by federal government although Albertans will deny that.
I expect there is a sizable proportion of First Nations that would revel in the fight. It’d make Oka look like a bake sale. (And be truly terrible for everyone.)
It’s not even remotely possible for them to declare independence without going to war with the rest of the country. Alberta holds a large amount of indigenous land that was negotiated for with the crown and First Nations leaders have been very clear on being staunchly against Alberta “independence”.
This whole thing reeks of being an American/Russian effort to destabilize Canada with the aid of the MAGA-wannabe Albertan premier
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Yeah, I don’t like that Carney is framing this as dangerous, because that suggests it’s possible. It’s like the toddler in the back seat threatening to crash the car; that’s not dangerous, it’s just them acting like a child.
Dangerous because Alberta has a volatile economy based on tar, and farming, both heavily subsidized by federal government although Albertans will deny that.
I expect there is a sizable proportion of First Nations that would revel in the fight. It’d make Oka look like a bake sale. (And be truly terrible for everyone.)