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Janyce McGregor’s admits the “knife to the throat” strategy has worked so far
Carney stood next to Danielle Smith in Red Deer and insisted Canada “is not a transaction between provinces.” McGregor immediately undercut him: until last week the federal response to Alberta’s separation concerns was purely transactional. Then she listed Smith’s recent wins (pipeline progress, judicial appointments Alberta actually approved) and asked the quiet part out loud—would any of it have happened without the referendum pressure?
That’s the admission. The brinkmanship produced results. The “we’re all in this together” rhetoric arrived only after the leverage appeared
Keith Wilson’s closing line is sharper still: “Regardless of what happens on Monday, we’ve already won.” Not because a majority is about to vote to leave, but because the legal pathway is now openly acknowledged and the grievances are no longer dismissed as fringe. The debate has moved from “this can’t happen” to “how do we address the legitimate issues.” That shift is the actual outcome of the campaign, whatever the ballot says
McGregor ends by floating the idea that Smith’s own base might turn on her if the results disappoint them. Classic move: treat the pressure that extracted concessions as a threat to the person who applied it... rather than evidence the pressure worked!
It’s a repeated CBC and MSM attempt to relocate the target from Ottawa’s long-standing Alberta approach to Smith personally @ikwilson @ABDanielleSmith @MarkJCarney
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The premier does NOT believe in getting more powers the way Québec has. She has dismissed the idea of collecting our own taxes, she put a referendum in the way of an Alberta Pension Plan AND department of immigration, we continue to bank with out of province banks, we have no Minister responsible for Canadian relations, nor a minister responsible for constitutional affairs, she has not taken ANY steps to reduce our net outflow to Ottawa, she has not even contemplated an Alberta EI program, she allows the Prime Minister to visit Alberta and campaign AGAINST changing the status quo for Alberta and she campaigns against changing the status quo HERSELF. Does this sound like a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada? She may fool you, but she isn't fooling me. My grievance is no longer with Ottawa, it's now with Danielle.
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And you thought she was lying.
Turns out it's a big Liberal success story! 😂
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RJ, respectfully, you know that the constitutional questions on this referendum, even with a unanimous vote, go absolutely nowhere. Our constitution is not amendable. Even @jkenney has said as much.
It saddens me that those of us who are working so hard towards an option 2 vote, to empower our Premier with negotiating strength in her efforts with Ottawa, have been met with such an adversarial position from our own provincial government. What is the plan for constitutional change if we remain?
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This is Jason Kenney, the guy who spends his days calling people dumb on the internet.
@jkenney
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I was born in Calgary. I've spent my whole life in Toronto.
Over the past two years, filming the documentary Broken Country, I've spent more time in Alberta than I have since I moved east. And I've come away seeing the separation debate very differently than I did going in.
I met a lot of separatists. Almost none of them were who I expected. They weren't angry cranks with a flag. They were farmers, nurses, oil workers, small-business owners, grandparents. And the thing that surprised me most: most of them want nothing more than to remain in Canada. They just can't see another choice.
Think about what they've lived through. The National Energy Program. Pipelines approved, then cancelled, then litigated into the ground. A tanker ban on one coast. Hundreds of billions sent east through equalization, returned as lectures about how the industry that pays for Canada's infrastructure and provincial shortfalls is something to be ashamed of. A federal government that has gone to court to argue Alberta's own resources aren't Alberta's business. And through all of it, a Parliament where their votes are a rounding error.
You can disagree with every policy position Albertans hold and still see the pattern: a province that built one of the most productive economies on Earth, asked over and over to apologize for it.
The people pushing for a referendum aren't traitors. They're patriots. They are standing up for what they believe in and fighting for a better future for their kids, a future their own federal government keeps telling them they don't deserve. That's not a tantrum. That's what citizens are supposed to do when nobody in power is listening.
I'll say it plainly: I want nothing more than for Alberta to stay in Canada. This country is not whole without it. If Alberta leaves the country I love and am fighting for will cease to exist.
But maybe a referendum vote is exactly the wake-up call the rest of us need. Not because Alberta should leave, but because the rest of Canada has to finally decide whether it wants to be a partner or a landlord.
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Canada has never been more divided since the Liberals took power 11 years ago. It’s insulting that you post things like this knowing full well the damage the Liberal government has caused. It’s time to end this gaslighting and propaganda.
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I want a better future for my kids.
That's why I'm voting option #2.
Confederation is a failed experiment, and the eastern provinces will never give us a fair deal. Why would they?
Independence is the only path forward for Alberta.
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Excellent article. “This referendum has exposed something larger than the independence question. It has shown Albertans what happens when ordinary citizens challenge an entrenched political order.
Governments, premiers, former premiers, federal politicians, senators, unions, universities, publicly funded business organizations, and taxpayer-funded advertising all speak on behalf of their vested interests.”
Public institutions exist to serve the people. When citizens question the status quo, those institutions should respond with answers, transparency and accountability. Their responsibility is to earn public trust, not demand public obedience.
westernstandard.news/opinion…
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I find it rather rich that Calgary’s and Edmonton’s mayors are calling the province’s actions an attack on democracy and telling Premier Smith to stay in her lane.
Both weighed in on Alberta’s provincial referendum, and Calgary’s mayor went as far as using the term “useful idiots” when discussing Alberta separatists on national television.
They were both elected to manage municipal affairs, not to continually tell Albertans how to vote on provincial matters.
They are absolutely allowed to have an opinion, but first and foremost, they should do their jobs. If they expect the Premier to stay in her lane, perhaps they should both stay in theirs.
That’s a double standard, plain and simple.
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I am 64 years old.
I was born and raised in communist Czechoslovakia.
I witnessed the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
I immigrated to Canada in 1997 with my two young children.
I came for FREEDOM, PEACE and OPPORTUNITY.
I worked hard, built a successful career as a professional engineer, paid my taxes and contributed to this country. I was proud to become Canadian.
Today, I barely recognize the country I chose almost 30 years ago.
I am DISGUSTED by the growing SOCIALIST and WOKE IDEOLOGY.
I am tired of political correctness, censorship, government overreach and attacks on freedom of expression.
I am deeply concerned about reckless spending, mounting debt, endless taxation and the erosion of personal responsibility.
I am disappointed by politicians who seem more interested in ideology and power than serving ordinary Canadians.
I have seen what happens when ideology replaces common sense, merit and economic reality.
I DID NOT LEAVE SOCIALISM BEHIND TO EMBRACE IT AGAIN IN CANADA.
My values have never changed:
Freedom and Peace.
I will be voting Option 2.
#albertaindependence #alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli
I am 44 years old.
I was born and raised in Calgary.
I’ve lived my entire life in Alberta.
I’ve never voted Liberal.
I’m disgusted with the the Trudeau/Carney government.
I want nothing to do with the EU.
I don’t support mass immigration.
I’m sick of the corruption, deceit, never-ending taxes, lies, and falsehoods.
I will be voting Option 2.
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Mayor Farkas, @JeromyYYC
Thank you for the phrase “useful idiots.”
It prompted me to take a harder look at the office you now occupy.
Today, the limited authority of the Calgary mayor effectively makes the mayor a “useful idiot.”
Think about it.
Calgarians elect a mayor based on promises to change the direction of the city, but the mayor doesn’t have the executive authority necessary to actually deliver many of those promises.
So who is accountable?
That’s the problem.
And that needs to change.
As part of Alberta Renewal, we will be putting forward proposed changes to Alberta’s Municipal Government Act to make municipalities and elected officials more accountable for delivering efficient, affordable government, while giving mayors meaningful executive authority to deliver the mandates voters elected them to implement.
If a mayor campaigns on zero tax increases, taxpayers should be able to hold that mayor accountable when taxes go up.
If a mayor campaigns on controlling costs while municipal wage costs continue to rise, voters should be able to clearly identify who is responsible.
Power and accountability must go together.
And Mayor Farkas might want to remember the mandate he actually received.
He won 26.12% of the votes cast in Calgary’s 2025 mayoral election, 91,112 votes out of 348,865.
That’s just 10.17% of Calgary’s 896,042 enumerated eligible electors.
That’s a mandate to govern, not a mandate to insult the people of Calgary who didn’t vote for you.
Perhaps an apology for the “useful idiot” rhetoric would be appropriate.
Because people remember.
And many of those people will have another opportunity to vote.
Alberta Renewal will propose a different model:
More executive authority for mayors.
Stronger council oversight.
Measurable commitments.
Fiscal accountability.
And clear responsibility to the taxpayer.
If you want the power to govern, you should have the power, and the responsibility to deliver.
Maybe then the mayor won’t have to be a “useful idiot.”
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The Liberals studied this closely, and realized that if they extended MAID for people solely suffering from mental illness....they'd be killing too many of their supporters.
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Former federal lobbyist and Conservative spin doctor Ken Boessenkool has spent months telling Albertans that he can fix our relationship with Ottawa without fundamentally changing it.
Fine.
Then where is his plan?
What concrete reforms will give Alberta lasting protection from federal governments that can override our interests? How will those reforms actually be achieved?
Four months since he announced he would show us his Lead Not Leave plan, Albertans deserve more than Ken's hollow assurances and crude insults.
Especially from someone who recently wrote:
“Direct democracy is for losers.”
Albertans asking important questions about their future are not losers. They are citizens exercising democracy.
Ken is an insider trying to protect his own interests, not yours.
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You don’t have to be a separatist to vote Option 2.
Option 2 puts Premier Smith at the table with Ottawa.
Option 1 leaves Alberta outside the room. Stay voters should want a seat at the table — not an empty chair.
calgaryherald.com/news/local…
I still blame Jagmeet and the NDP for this ongoing disaster of a liberal government and re-election and not Trump.
Jag wanted his pension and propped up the liberals for years before Trump was re-elected and used as an excuse.
The NDP could have relegated the liberals to 3rd.
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Disastrous policies have disastrous consequences.
A Canadian company, Psiphon, built software that helps people in authoritarian countries get around censorship. Now it says it may have to leave Canada 🇨🇦
The reason: Bill C-22 would require telecoms and internet providers to build surveillance and monitoring capabilities into their systems for police and CSIS.
When privacy tools say they can't operate safely here, that's worth paying attention to.
Tech exodus begins, as predicted.
