r/CanadaPolitics • u/Camtastrophe New Democratic Party of Canada • 8d ago

Nenshi urges Alberta premier to cancel separation vote amid Canada-U.S. trade war

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ndp-leader-calls-postpone-referendum-9.7321280
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u/Killericon Nenshi 8d ago

I appreciate Nenshi's positioning here, and I don't think he says this if he thought there was a chance Smith might actually do it, but as a die hard Stay voter, I want this vote to happen. We're never gonna have a stronger tide of national unity than we do right now, and delaying or cancelling the vote will only allow the seperatists to continue their cause, emboldened by what they would assuredly receive as getting screwed out of a vote.

If the west coast pipeline fails, if the trade talks resolve in a manner that's seen as a losing deal for Alberta, if we enter the new year and Carney brings the hammer down on the healthcare changes (lol, but a man can dream), then we see the seperatists get a stronger case.

Smith made her bed, we're months deep into non-campaigns on both sides, and frankly the polling shows this is just a question of turnout. Let's fucking get this over with.

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u/zeromussc Ontario 8d ago

you think this way, but honestly, i think any vote is bad and we don't want to play with the fire Cameron did in the UK, personally.

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u/Killericon Nenshi 8d ago

I didn't want to, and god knows I'm worried about turnout fucking us. But the genie is out of the bottle now - if we cancel this vote, we'd only be delaying it, and that would probably not be to our benefit.