u/sjandrews76

Okay so be VERY CAREFUL when you're filling in your ballots. There are 10 slips of paper. The first 9 (the things the conservatives want to do to Trumpify Alberta) the "NO" is the second option. The very LAST one is the separation question, where "NO" is the FIRST option (and not written as yes/no). I don't know if it was deliberate but be VERY CAREFUL because if you zone out voting no on the first 9 you're gonna end up a territory of the American Empire ;p

Also don't forget your declaration form and the photocopy of your ID.

Edit to add: Please be aware that there are three major legal reasons Alberta cannot separate. This isn't a reason not to vote. DO VOTE PLEASE. But you can let go of some anxiety.

- The Clarity Act: Enacted after Quebec tried. Alberta would need to hold a second referendum with a CLEAR question and a CLEAR majority (those terms are not define, on purpose) in order to force Ottawa to hear them out at the bargaining table. Ottawa is under no requirement to agree to what Alberta proposes, of course,

- The 7/50 rule: To change the Constitution, which is what makes Alberta a province, you need 7 premiers to sign off, representing 50%+ of the population of Canada. So you need Ontario and/or Quebec.

- The Treaties: Alberta's land is governed by Crown treaties that predate Alberta's incorporation as a province. These treaties have been updated; they are living documents. No matter what people claim the original treaties say, the CURRENT treaties are representative of what was promised and what the First Nations believed they were signing, NOT the scam we gave them.

Also note, the International theater would support Canada over Alberta in this. Just look at what happened when Catalonia tried to leave Spain.

>Using the Article 155 emergency powers, Madrid dissolved parliament, sacked its leaders and called a snap election for 21 December.

Edit 2: thanks to u/BrilliantOk936 for pointing out that you also need to add your postal code on the pre-populated form!

Edit 3: Let me be clear: I'm not saying if this was malice or incompetence. I have my theories. All I'm saying really is that voters on BOTH sides need to be VERY careful. But it's especially important for the "remain" voters, because the poll numbers say they are in the majority, so anything that eats away part of that majority (this shit, misinformation flyers, voter apathy) is very damaging to everyone.

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Hey Alberta be prepared, read this in advance, see the fear mongering in the way the questions are asked. Be aware of ulterior motives, the Americanization this points towards.

Every single question should get a no in my opinion. I don't want a neighbor, I want a neighbour.

Good luck.

https://albertareferendum2026.ca/#whatAreTheQuestions

Edit : Vote yes on question 10 to stay in Canada. It is confusingly word (at least to me).

Edit 2 : this is not a yes or no question. Sorry my morning has been busy and even though I read this I thought I remembered it as yes or no.

Let’s look at the situation:

It’s very possible that the Remain in Canada side loses the referendum due to underreporting of Leave support by the media, and an apathetic Remain electorate. The media suggests 1 in 4 support leaving, but I believe it’s realistically closer to 30% to 40%.

(EDIT: Latest poll proves me correct: https://338canada.com/alberta/polls-indy.htm)

It’s essential that people get out and vote on the day of the referendum.

But this will be a challenge since we know that Gen Z is politically apathetic;

And many Canadian citizen immigrants may be less impassioned to vote, as well. They historically have lower voter turnout.

Therefore, there is a real threat the Leave side could win the referendum. Check out these scenarios:

REMAIN wins if only 30% of Albertans support Leave and there is just 60% voter turnout from the Remain side.
\- There are 3 million approx eligible voters in Alberta.
\- There’ll likely be 90%+ voter turnout for the Leave side. Let’s say 30% of Albertans support Leave. Thats 900,000 people. At 90% voter turnout, it equals 810,000 votes.
\- Whereas, if there’s just a 60% turnout vote for Remain from the balance of electors, that’ll bring just 1.26 million votes.

We really need to hope that the number of Leave supporters isn’t higher.

Conversely:

LEAVE wins if they have just 40% support and get 95% voter turnout.
\- If their support is closer to 40%, and they get 95% voter turnout, that’s 1.14 million people voting to Leave.
\- From the balance of people who are Remain in this situation, at only 60% voter turnout, that’ll bring just 1.094 million.
\- In this situation, Remain LOSES the vote.

It’s VERY possible the Remain side loses considering how many people on the Remain side are not taking it seriously, and how much I believe the media is underreporting support for Leave.

VOTER TURNOUT WILL BE KEY!!
Support staying in Canada!

EDIT: I believe it is closer to 30% to 40% in support of leaving based on the number of flags being flown in my town, based on the number of conversations I’ve had with people who are genuinely considering voting for leave, based on the number of times polls have been wrong in advance of elections, and in particular, based on the tendency for history to repeat itself - thinking about the polls and apathy in advance of Brexit, when people in the UK voted to leave as a means of “sending a message to London”.

Therefore in this situation, I believe it’s important to be as conservative as possible in wargaming situations out. In this very realistic situation presented above, the remain side loses. I’m posting this to emphasize how important it is for the Remain side to GET OUT THE VOTE