„Kein Interesse“: Premierminister von Alberta lehnt US-Staatlichkeit mit Seitenhieb auf Bessent ab

Liberate this

So according to Bessent, Albertans „want sovereignty“ by…..becoming a US state?

They’re a lot better off becoming a state than an independent country or whatever the hell they are planning

Funny how she doesn’t talk much about how her meetings with Republicans and the Trump administration play into her not being interested in separation.

As if the US would let them be an actual state.

I didn’t think the Americans could push their naked territorial ambitions so far that they would ever activate Danielle Smith’s patriotism, but it seems they’ve found a way!

Bessent was practically drooling when he talked about Alberta’s resources. Looked like a little kid about to tuck into a giant birthday cake. Then he said the quiet part out loud when he talked about „letting“ an independent Alberta join the US. Whatever politics you believe in, I don’t think anyone watching his arrogant, greedy face as he made those comments saw anything other than an entitled, out-of-touch rich dude looking forward to stealing Alberta’s wealth.

I don’t think he was helping the separatist movement as much as he thought he was.

It’s probably pointless to put this out there to my fellow Albertans who are already in that deep but I’ll put it out there anyway:

There is no true independent option. Alberta is an independent state for maybe 6 months before the United States annexes us. Putin started his invasion of Ukraine by annexing the most pro-Russia part of it first. Get your heads out of your asses. And stop voting governments in that make this series of events possible.

If this is the case, why did she meet with Trump talking heads and various Republican party members in the handful of trips she’s taken to the US.

On top of giving the separatists a clear and resounding voice and making it easier for their petition to not only exist, but succeed?

In addition to that UCP AGM that was essentially just a separatists in UCP garb meeting?

I don’t believe her for a second. She is self serving and has been her entire career.

She can’t honestly believe that the US wouldn’t take advantage of gaining a new territory in an otherwise foreign nation, splitting it in two.

And why should we trust Smith now? Her actions tell everyone a very different story from what she says.

I hate her so much

Just a reminder that GOP is opposed to giving statehood to about 4 million U.S. citizens living in PR and DC, and would never in a million years give statehood to Alberta. At best, it would be a protectorate, like American Samoa.

There are major divides on this in Alberta. Wedge! Wedge! Wedge! Some want sovereignty from both Canada and the US. Some want to be Americans…

Smith can’t have it both ways… She can’t kiss ass to Trump, stoke separatist/freedom movements, and then be like, „woah now!“

This is what really pisses me off about the UCP. They pander to the fringes and then act shocked when people buy into it.

> The quote from Modry: „So in my conversations with her, I’ve asked her the question, would she be willing to govern the sovereign country of Alberta as president or prime minister? And her comments be, ‚well, I don’t really like President, I prefer Prime Minister.'“

> Modry continued: „I asked her, or I stated, you know, during Brexit, David Cameron, who campaigned against Brexit, did the honorable thing. He resigned when Brexit was successful. And she said to me, ‚Well, I’m not going to David Cameron myself.‘ So that obviously means she’d be willing to lead a sovereign country.“

From Lily Polenchuk’s twitter, a researcher of far right movements according to her bio. She got this from one of the petition signing locations where he was speaking about Danielle Smith. There’s also a voice recording of him actually saying those words but since I can’t link twitter I can’t share it.

Albertan separatists never really learned from Quebec, did they? At one point in Canada’s history, Montreal was Canada’s biggest and most prosperous city with a lot of national and international HQ’s there. Toronto was considered second-tier to Montreal. Then whispers of separatism followed by actual referendums spooked the business community, and there was massive flight of talent and money to Toronto, which is partially responsible for Toronto now being the centre of Canada economically.

Alberta has seen massive growth in recent years, more so than any other Province as people chase lower taxes, higher paying job opportunities, lower taxes, and more affordable single-detached housing. A lot of this will reverse if the private sector gets wind of actual separatism being a possibility.

Of course there is a large segment of people and businesses in Alberta that would stay in the event of a hypothetical separation from Canada, especially any businesses in oil and gas, or anchored to the land for whatever reason. But any businesses that can easily pack up and move to BC, SK, MB, or ON is going to have a lot of math to go through to weigh the pros and cons of staying in Alberta if it separates.

Albertans need to consider the real cost of separation: what happens to the thousands of federal jobs, the Bank of Canada, the military, or national HQs like Telus or the big banks, or what happens to doctors and nurses who want to work in a public system, not a private one? Calgary and Edmonton would get hit hard economically if it were to separate, and it certainly wouldn’t be sufficiently offset by not having to pay „equalization“ payments to the rest of the federation.

Fiscal conservatives in Alberta need to tread carefully when weighing the costs of their long-sought separatist ideals.

PP Lovers not gonna like that (Yes PP stands for Both Pedo Protector AND Pierre Poilievre, interesting how that fits eh?)

not cheerleading Smith here but that will not go over well with the separatist even if it’s theatre because what they really want is to sell themselves out to the US, not actually be an independent nation