UPDATE: 76% Vote To Stay In Canada - Alberta Will Not Be Seperating

[Economy 53,271]

45 minutes ago, Ayesha Erotica said:

but it's not really an attractive province judged by culture, history, metropolitan cities, sêxiness, major sights, leisure activities, climate 

It's mainly a ressource-rich low-tax worker friendly province where only people who are interested into @Economy would move 

 

Sounds perfect 

[Ayesha Erotica 1,998]

@Economy Do you think Ottawa will now grant more autonomy to the provinces and de-centralize more and re-locate powers, or do you think Ottawa will say "The majority voted for a United Canada, so no, no more autonomy, no extra powers for the provinces, since there has already been a referendum there wont be a new one, discussion ends here"? 

They say the vote will boost autonomy but I am sceptical. Why should Ottawa grant them more if the danger of independence is over? There is no reason for it anymore 

[gagzus 26,873]

So wait how does this work? If they “separate” do they just become a US state or?

[Economy 53,271]

28 minutes ago, Ayesha Erotica said:

@Economy Do you think Ottawa will now grant more autonomy to the provinces and de-centralize more and re-locate powers, or do you think Ottawa will say "The majority voted for a United Canada, so no, no more autonomy, no extra powers for the provinces, since there has already been a referendum there wont be a new one, discussion ends here"? 

They say the vote will boost autonomy but I am sceptical. Why should Ottawa grant them more if the danger of independence is over? There is no reason for it anymore 

Canada is already super Decentralized. To the point tbaf Canadian Provinces make up a higher share of taxes and spending in Canada than US States do in America .

 

And were already super dysfunctional and full of interprovincial trade barriers due to very different business and labor laws so I hope we dont decentralize further

 

But i can see Carney trying to please Alberta and Saskatchwean more with support for their industries from the Federal side

[Economy 53,271]

8 minutes ago, gagzus said:

So wait how does this work? If they “separate” do they just become a US state or?

Techically thats an option some suggested but in general the idea would be for them to be totally independent and their own Nation

 

A stupid idea tbh. Theyd be landlocked and have barriers added to trade as well with the rest of Canada as well

 

Just because they are the richest Province doesnt mean theyd automatically get a net gain by going it alone.

 

Most experts agree that theyd loose more than theyd gain because being their own Nation would have a lot more implications than just no longer being a net financial contributer to Canada 

[Economy 53,271]

Still no innitial results. Talk about incompetent organization. How did so many stations get delayed?

[LaLa 19,942]

18 minutes ago, Economy said:

Still no innitial results. Talk about incompetent organization. How did so many stations get delayed?

From what I hear, it's one station that has to stay open til 10 (local time) because they had some delays during the day, and no results can be shared until it closes. So hopefully once they close in an hour all the results will be posted right away since they've been tallied for like 2 hours 

Still a bit late for me 

[Economy 53,271]

2 minutes ago, LaLa said:

From what I hear, it's one station that has to stay open til 10 (local time) because they had some delays during the day, and no results can be shared until it closes. So hopefully once they close in an hour all the results will be posted right away since they've been tallied for like 2 hours 

Still a bit late for me 

Lame

[StarstruckIllusion 53,836]

danielle smith is a reptile and needs to lose her job yesterday. losing 76% on your big election promise to serve alberta to the american fascists for corrupt big oil kickbacks like wow your province HATES you. 

[Economy 53,271]

76% in favour to stay, 24% in favour to seperate

[Economy 53,271]

5 hours ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

danielle smith is a reptile and needs to lose her job yesterday. losing 76% on your big election promise to serve alberta to the american fascists for corrupt big oil kickbacks like wow your province HATES you. 

Thats a lower result than i expected tbh. I thought closer to 30% might vote yes

[Bronco 29,042]

1 hour ago, Economy said:

76% in favour to stay, 24% in favour to seperate

Talk about embarrassing. In pre-2016 politics this would be career killing

[Economy 53,271]

1 hour ago, Bronco said:

Talk about embarrassing. In pre-2016 politics this would be career killing

This. I hate how polarizing politics has become

 

Anyway, I also believe Mark Carney may have also calmed it down a notch among some less hardcore seperatists. Hes generally more pro Albertan interests and industry than Trudeau so it may have helped a few percentage points vs if it had been a year or two ago this was going on

[LaLa 19,942]

What a big waste of money that was 

Never want to hear a peep about these separatists again 

[Economy 53,271]

5 minutes ago, LaLa said:

What a big waste of money that was 

Never want to hear a peep about these separatists again 

They are going to keep making noise. Some people like to live in the past and not let things go

 

In the last 1-2 years a lot has been done to compromise with Alberta and put a lot of their grievances to rest but some who already decided they dont wanna be part of Canada are now gonna be stubborn

 

Shows how irrational some people are. You are going to create a landlocked Nation with a small market and increased trade barriers to other Provinces they export a lot to in order to fix problems that are largely already fixed?

 

Some people just cant make it make sense