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’I think we have to accept there’s a lot of anger out there. There’s a lot of groups organizing to try to do something about it,’ says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, on growing separatist sentiment in the province
‘I think we have to accept there’s a lot of anger out there. There’s a lot of groups organizing to try to do something about it,’ says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, on growing separatist sentiment in the province
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Well, Canada. Well, Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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You’ve got to make a choice.
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Deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith or tell Smith to take a hike and deal with the Alberta separatists.
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“I think we have to accept there’s a lot of anger out there. A lot of anger after the last election. A lot of anger at the way we’ve been treated the last 10 years. There’s a lot of groups organizing to try to do something about it,” says Smith, admitting separatist sentiment in Alberta is growing.
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Canadians have to realize they are the ones who fanned the flames of Alberta separatism.
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We’re talking about those Canadians who supported the Trudeau Liberals or the NDP or the Bloc all those years when Prime Minister Sunny Ways went after Alberta time and time again, twisting the old political knife, going after a province churning out cash for the whole country.
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Canadians were warned the continued mistreatment of Alberta could push people to a position Canadians would not like. The Liberals were warned.
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They were told the score but they dismissed it as noise, not a big deal. Mildly irritating but not damaging.
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The government of Canada, the Liberal government of Canada, acted in bad faith every step of the way. They misled the Alberta government.
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They didn’t take Alberta seriously.
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Maybe they thought Alberta would just continue to eat crap because Alberta has eaten a lot of crap over the years.
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This past election, Albertans voted against Carney and the Liberals in almost every riding in the province and often in huge numbers.
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Smith now demands Carney, and the same old Liberal mob who screwed over Alberta, negotiate a new deal with the province and that means scrapping all the Liberal laws, rules and regulations put in place to give Alberta the shaft.
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The premier says she will negotiate in good faith.
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Naturally, Smith is getting all sorts of questions about a referendum vote on whether Alberta should exit Canada.
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The referendum is not Smith’s referendum vote. She does not support Alberta opting out of Canada, though her government did make it easier for Albertans to get a vote on the question.
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Smith will not apologize for an independence vote Alberta will see next year.
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She believes if enough Albertans want a vote they should have a vote.
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“I believe in free speech. Citizens have a right to express their opinion in things they’re concerned about,” says Smith.