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’We’ve been economically subjugated by these idiots for decades,’ says Jeff Rath, of the federal government and its treatment of Alberta
‘We’ve been economically subjugated by these idiots for decades,’ says Jeff Rath, of the federal government and its treatment of Alberta
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They’ve got our attention. Boy, have they got our attention.
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The chattering classes are doing a whole lot of chattering these days about the Alberta separatists.
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The self-appointed voices of Canadian public opinion figure these Albertans wanting the province out of Canada speak for no one but a noisy and tiny sliver of the population.
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Many of those doing the chattering also think these folks are actually unhinged.
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Jeff Rath of the Alberta Prosperity Project is working hard for Alberta independence and says what he lacks in subtlety he makes up for in sincerity.
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Rath, frankly, couldn’t care less what they say. He says they are not in touch with regular Albertans.
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“We don’t give a rip about the opinions of federalists from Ontario or wannabe federalists like Jason Kenney in the province of Alberta.”
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Kenney, the former Alberta premier who thought he was popular in the party he led, slimed detractors as inmates trying to take over the asylum and was forced out as leader.
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“The fight on X between Jason Kenney and Theo Fleury was good for another 20,000,” laughs Rath.
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The 20,000 number Rath is talking about is 20,000 individuals willing to sign a petition so Albertans can have a referendum vote on Alberta independence.
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By provincial law, they need 177,000 Albertans willing to sign up for a vote to go ahead and Rath says they’ve already passed that number.
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On Monday morning, there will be a press conference in Calgary to discuss the referendum campaign and what the question on the independence referendum ballot will be.
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On Monday evening in Calgary at the Astoria Banquet Hall there will be a panel discussion on Alberta independence.
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They had to move from another venue to this larger one.
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It’s game on.
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“We are overwhelmed and honoured by the amount of love and support shown to us by our fellow Albertans.”
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Why are people signing up?
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Rath says they want “complete freedom from Canada and our status as a colony of Toronto and Montreal.”
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“We’ve been economically subjugated by those idiots for decades and we’re completely discriminated against within Confederation.”
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For many, the straw that broke the camel’s back was this last election and the Liberal win.
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“I think the tipping point for most people was 10 years of Trudeau followed by Toronto and Montreal electing a left-wing lunatic as prime minister, electing Mark Carney.”