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[+] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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[–] OliveMoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So, what about First Nations? Are you going to vote away their land??

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[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

My friends in Alberta, are First Nations. And this was my first thought. We should send the people who want to be Americans, to America.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

So, what about First Nations?

The separatists don't concern themselves with "minor details" like that.

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[–] Darkonion@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think the real reason the UCP leadership puts this kind of crazy stuff on the ballot is to make sure that 30% shows up to vote in force. If everyone else turns up to vote, or their base had a regular level of turnout, then they'd have no shot.

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[–] Warehouse@piefed.ca 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You think the people who signed the Forever Canadian petition are all people who want to leave Canada?

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[+] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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[–] Warehouse@piefed.ca 1 point 10 months ago

My bad, it seemed like you were implying that the 38.7% of people who signed the Forever Canadian petition and the 30% who are (or at least were) for Alberta separatism were the exact same group.

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