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Blatantly funded by the US. Where are all the "foreign interference!!!" Conservatives now? How is this legal??

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So he's just after oil huh

[–] howl2@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK cool it's good to hear we have the money to give another country a "loan" to basically buy them.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bribe leaders. Alberta will want to keep universal healthcare as part of the deal. Rest of you will pay for that too

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Until they become the 51st state, which will be a "join or else" deal. Then they'll enjoy the US healthcare "system".

If it happens they will die like the rest of the invaders.

[–] fourish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

lol promised money from a felon grifters government? Someone would need to be pretty dense if they thought they’d see a dime of that without getting totally railed.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

How much in oil do they pull out a year in total and then after costs do we know?

If I recall it has a high break even point, I think 60 a barrel even, they've to like steam oil sands and then remove the water, and it's a type of crude they've to add extra viscous chemicals to so it doesn't clump up, or something.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can California Washington and Hawaii maybe replace them….asking for a friend?

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hawaii is a nice suggestion

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It’s a package deal

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Washington and Oregon stick together.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Works for me

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

The AB op is underway.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Bit tangential, but what's the Canadian opinion on other independence movements like Scotland, Catanuya...

I have the feeling a lot of people support independence from other countries, but reject the one at home.

I'm not Canadian so I don't know the context of Alberta, feel free to ELI5.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can't speak for all Canadians, I truly have no idea.

From my own personal opinion, I'm aware that every independence movement is a unique case, and I won't pretend I understand any of them outside of my own country, nor would I blindly support any of them just because they were ostensibly independence movements.

I will say this, again from my perspective, it seems to me that Alberta isn't and never was an independent country like Scotland may have been, and the history of Alberta - including the indigenous peoples who currently live there and have agreements with the federal government (notably NOT the province) - as well as recent Canadian law on the topics (eg Clarity Act), puts Alberta in a rather more clear position on the topic of independence. That is to say, even if they could reconcile all treaty matters and carve out any land for themselves, and even if they could reimburse the federal government for all the pension plan balances and the proportion of debt, and even if they had a sustainable economic foundation, they probably would never get through the legal and constitutional blockers.

I know all of this about Alberta, and none of this about Scotland. So, no opinion of value, and no comment.

But if it looked like Brexit, I would instinctively advise against it.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

A minority in alberta want to separate because they are racists and trans/homophobes. They think we will disappear if they separate. I for one will die keeping Alberta Canadian.

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