Alberta wants isolation after winning a liberal election: what is happening in Canada?
Thousands of Alberton are holding rallies, signing petitions to vote for separation from Canada as liberals win a fourth consecutive win in the country that US President Donald Trump wants to convert to the 51st state of America.Alberta has long complained that Ottawa misbehaved with him despite receiving huge economic benefits from his oil and gas resources, while the call for separation from Canada is not new, it has received a push in view of the recent election results.
‘Divorce from derogatory Ottawa’
Alberta leader Cameron Davis resigned from the United Conservative Party of Alberta and took over as the head of the Republican party in Alberta. Davis said, “Today is the birthday of many new separatists in Alberta.” “This is the time when we take control, stand for freedom and stand strong for conservative values and create an Alberta where our children can thrive,” he said.
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Would Alberta want to join America as the 51st state?
Cameron Davis did not dismiss the idea of joining the US as the 51st state, but said that the first thing Alberta wants is divorce with derogatory relations with Ottawa. The rest can be addressed later. “Alberta Republican is a leading movement to make a binding freedom referendum. We have to divorce with derogatory relations with Ottawa, before we entertain anything more,” he answered a question on being specifically joining the USA on X, “he answered.
According to a pole from the Angus Reid Institute, three out of 10 Alberton will vote to leave Canada. The pole surveyed a random sample of 2,400 Canadian adults and questioned 2,131 people on 28 and 31 March between March to 31 March, both weighted to be representatives of adults between 20 March and 24 March.
Alberta Premier Daniel Smith does not support independence, but wants more provincial autonomy. Smith’s government proposed the law which will reduce the bar to hold a referendum.
