this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2026
28 points (100.0% liked)

Canada

12557 readers
831 users here now

What's going on Canada?

Related Communities

🍁 Meta

🗺️ Provinces / Territories

🏙️ Cities / Local Communities

Sorted alphabetically by city name.

🏒 Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Curling

Hockey

Soccer

💻 Schools / Universities

Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.

💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales

🗣️ Politics

🍁 Social / Culture

🌐 Other Relevant Communities

Rules

  1. Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.

  2. Provide sources when making a claim. Do your research or google it doesn't cut it. The one making the claim is responsible for backing it.

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
otter@lemmy.ca
mp3@lemmy.ca
otter@piefed.ca
mp3@piefed.ca
28
The other questions from the Alberta referendum (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
Q Question (short form) Leading
1 Alberta takes increased control over immigration - lower levels, prioritise economic migration, Albertans first on jobs Yes +10.6
2 Only citizens, permanent residents and Alberta-approved immigrants eligible for provincially funded programs Yes +13.4
3 Non-permanent residents must live in Alberta 12 months before qualifying for social support programs Yes +16.8
4 Charge a fee/premium to non-permanent residents for public health care and education Yes +14.8
5 Require proof of citizenship to vote in provincial elections Yes +26.8
6 Provinces, not Ottawa, select judges for provincial King's Bench and Appeal courts Yes +2.6
7 Amend the Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate Yes +6.6
8 Allow provinces to opt out of federal programs in their jurisdiction while keeping the funding No +2.8
9 Province's laws take priority over conflicting federal laws in provincial/shared jurisdiction Yes +1.4

These are arguably more important because unlike separation, they have slim to significant majority support.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] OliveBrittle@piefed.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Reminder a lot of these questions are either presented in a way that's complete word salad, or appears rational to the layman on first glance.

The curve in educating voters was steep for these questions, and that was by design. I wouldn't blame voters for voting yes because they either aren't educated on the implications and impact on questions that appear rational at first (questions 1-5), rely on people's ignorance entirely (question 6), or were presented in the most unclear way imaginable (question 9).

Question 7's Yes lead makes sense because there's people across the spectrum that dislike the unelected nature of the senate and want it abolished as such, and question 8's No lead can be attributed to the phrasing making sense to the average person despite maybe needing a second read.