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    1. seamusmcduffs on

      What happens to „Alberta is calling?“ How can you blame the feds for something you specially asked for?

      Also that voting question is pretty insidious, needing one of the listed documents is a good way of disenfranchising plenty of voters that don’t have a passport or citizenship card, or even got married and changed their name

    2. jawstrock on

      It’s going to very annoying to live in Alberta and have to continually vote on stupid shit no one but some rural freaks think is a good idea.

    3. Suitable_Air_2686 on

      > give free access to our most-generous-in-the-country social programs to anyone who moves here

      I don’t know a single immigrant who’s on these “generous social programs”. It would be interesting to see data on what percent of EI recipients are immigrants or non-white.

      Also didn’t Dany start the $5000 tax credit thing for eligible people who move to Alberta?

      https://www.alberta.ca/moving-to-alberta-topic

      Lastly, as per the Government of Alberta website all provincial social programs require recipients to be permanent residents

      https://www.alberta.ca/income-support-eligibility

    4. jujuboy11 on

      Blaming your budgetary struggles on falling oil prices, despite having years upon years upon years to diversify your economy (and gutting all sources of government revenue) is definitely a take.

    5. BBBWare on

      Remember when this same government held a referendum on equalization a few years ago?

      Remember the results? Remember how it accomplished Jack shit all?

      You don’t? I don’t blame you. Because it was all just performative posturing and colossal waste of money/time on manufactured non-issues to distract from the real issues.

    6. bkwrm1755 on

      >permitting provinces to drop out of federal programs dealing with health, education and social services while still receiving federal funding;

      I would like to drop out of my job while still receiving my salary. Thx.

    7. EverydayEverynight01 on

      She literally tried lobbying the Trudeau government initially for MORE immigrants and TFWs to fill „labour shortages“

    9. Winbot4t2 on

      We should have a national referendum on immigration. Not sure what Alberta can do to prevent immigration to the province…

    11. Smile_n_Wave_Boyz on

      Come on Alberta you’re better than this. You need to get rid of this type of scum that leads your province

    13. ZestyBeanDude on

      >Smith blamed the shortfall on low oil prices and “out-of-control federal immigration policies.”

      So she’s given up on her own goal of wanting to get Alberta’s population to 10 million by 2050?

      >Charging people with non-permanent immigrant status a fee or premium to access health care and education.

      Can someone show me a credible analysis on how TFWs that are **employed and paying taxes** are a net drain to these programs? Because I haven’t seen anything that suggests that people who use these programs are actually taking more money out of the programs than they’re putting in, mostly its because the responsible government lacks the fiscal will to actually adequately fund the programs.

    14. Winter8Bones on

      Alberta has spent the last few years BEGGING for more immigration…but they want a referendum now? Funny.

    16. guineapiglife1 on

      Note the wording in the constitutional change questions. „Other willing provinces…“. Changes to the Canadian constitution require approval from the House of commons, the Senate and at least 7 provincial legislatures representing at least 50% of the population of Canada.

      This is also one of the requirements of the Clarity Act (separation).

      I can’t imagine the other provinces getting on board with the „Free Alberta Strategy“, especially the Senate approving it’s own abolition.

    17. Vlad_Eo on

      There’s no such thing as „Alberta approved“ immigration and there never will be. Provinces don’t control status and they shouldn’t because we are all one nation.

    18. accforme on

      >giving provincial laws priority over conflicting federal legislation in areas of provincial or shared Constitutional authority. 

      In a time where we want to reduce inter-provincial barriers, they are proposing further fragmentation?

    19. WashingMachineBroken on

      I don’t know why she’s so pressed about immigration when she wanted Red Deer to be the next million-person city.

      Instead of taking responsibility for the fiscal situation (that she always hammered the NDP on) she’s just shifting blame.

    21. violentbandana on

      Smith seems to feel that Canada is only entitled to be “united” under her terms. I think that’s a bit of a paradox

    24. VersusYYC on

      Danielle Smith: Our deficit is caused by low oil prices!

      What’s the solution?

      Danielle Smith: Produce more oil!

      Alberta is fucked in an environment of surplus oil worldwide combined with increasing electrification and tech efficiencies. It’s either an oil boom or perpetual deficits.

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