These loaded questions will be the new bullshit that rw saskbertans spew for the next 2 years.
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There appears to be a poop load of Trumpein racism in this.
Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate?
I am all for this as a Saskatchewan resident, but I do not see it happening.
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Remain - 76.2% | 1,040,038
Referendum - 23.8% | 325,093
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Now that this is off the table, the minority that voted for a referendum should join hands with all Canadians and put the entire country forward. Be constructive instead of destructive!
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Looks like most, if not all, of the right wing power grab original 9 questions are passing though
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Where would they go? Make their own country? I have a feeling this is from the biggest idiots in Canada that can't think past 2 years.
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This was pretty close to my guesstimate of 25% voting to separate, with a significant percentage of those voting only to get Ottawa's attention.
I do believe, if the Senate is to stay, that it should be more representative of populations of the provinces of Canada. Currently far too many from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
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The worry remains that the other 9 questions gives the government a mandate, which nobody wanted a referendum on anyways.
People are literally voting for the alberta government to try and abolish the federal senate.
Ffs
Here's what the rest of Canada says to the separatists aka traitors:
Oh good. I mean how far down would you have to dig to uproot everything you want to take with you?
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So it wasn't even close, but knowing right-wingers, they're all going to scream that the election was rigged. They're very predictable that way.
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But they passed a whole bunch of other racist anti immigrant stuff
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Lmaooo it wasnt even close
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individuals with an Alberta-approved immigration status
https://albertareferendum2026.ca/faqs/
What is an "Alberta-approved immigration status"? [...] The Alberta government will work with employers and other groups to develop a system where we determine the workers our economy actually needs.
So it's the Family Guy skin colour chart I guess.
None of these will be reality as you cannot change the constitution without broader support
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Reminder a lot of these questions are either presented in a way that's complete word salad, or appears rational to the layman on first glance.
The curve in educating voters was steep for these questions, and that was by design. I wouldn't blame voters for voting yes because they either aren't educated on the implications and impact on questions that appear rational at first (questions 1-5), rely on people's ignorance entirely (question 6), or were presented in the most unclear way imaginable (question 9).
Question 7's Yes lead makes sense because there's people across the spectrum that dislike the unelected nature of the senate and want it abolished as such, and question 8's No lead can be attributed to the phrasing making sense to the average person despite maybe needing a second read.
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"Fine, we'll stay but we're going to be extremely xenophobic about it."
"Whatever, so long as you also disregard indigenous rights."
"Deal!"
Alberta, to the federal government, probably.
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Crazy that there were some areas that a majority voted for referendum
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