<![CDATA[#JenGerson: "Smith needs to tell the separatists that if they want to force a secession vote on the province, they need to start a party, stand up their own candidates, and win in a general election -- exactly as the PQ did.]]>: "Smith needs to tell the separatists that if they want to force a secession vote on the province, they need to start a party, stand up their own candidates, and win in a general election -- exactly as the PQ did. The data breach scandal gives her all the cover she needs."
https://nitter.net/jengerson/status/2051389375704150498#m

To which someone replies that would split the and the would win.

And Ms. Gerson again: "They would rather break apart the entire country than let another team win."

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1. I don't buy it. There were lots of other issues Alberta politicians could have used that are less dangerous than separatism.

2. They're creating the "Alberta Disadvantage" — why not prefer investing in Ontario or BC? There's a risk, small but real, of political upheaval in Alberta.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116519425362464827https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116519425362464827Tue, 05 May 2026 01:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #JenGerson: "Smith needs to tell the separatists that if they want to force a secession vote on the province, they need to start a party, stand up their own candidates, and win in a general election -- exactly as the PQ did. on Tue, 05 May 2026 01:32:37 GMT]]>@mpjgregoire (I would be surprised if the independence referendum passes in Alberta though. The set of folks who are for it, by all measures I've seen, has held steady despite all the pushing for it.)]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/4d8ab45b-5157-4d6c-bae2-3adb89d2184ahttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/4d8ab45b-5157-4d6c-bae2-3adb89d2184aTue, 05 May 2026 01:32:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #JenGerson: "Smith needs to tell the separatists that if they want to force a secession vote on the province, they need to start a party, stand up their own candidates, and win in a general election -- exactly as the PQ did. on Tue, 05 May 2026 01:31:35 GMT]]>@mpjgregoire Because a few can often profit personally from misdirecting the anger and fears of their constituents . . .]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/d641dba8-72fc-4d55-aa17-0bc52101cb61https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/d641dba8-72fc-4d55-aa17-0bc52101cb61Tue, 05 May 2026 01:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #JenGerson: "Smith needs to tell the separatists that if they want to force a secession vote on the province, they need to start a party, stand up their own candidates, and win in a general election -- exactly as the PQ did. on Tue, 05 May 2026 01:29:57 GMT]]>It's frankly bleak that Alberta seems to be headed towards the same political dead-end Québec did. Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again?

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