Alberta leading in support for Canada becoming a US state declares the clickbait headline writer describing a poll that shows Alberta is 90% opposed to it.
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Not 90% opposed, 81. 1 in 5 Albertans are okay with it -- that's terrifying.
90% is just a guess since that apparently wasn't the question that was asked, but with only 12% willing to confidently say they'd at least consider it getting to 1 in 5 "okay with it" is quite a stretch.
Imagine the Saddledome completely sold out. This means 2,315 of those people want to 'definitely consider' and 1,350 would 'probably consider' joining the United fucking States.
Huge bench clearing brawl in the making
'Consider it' = "support" now? BS article is BS
Alberta leads Canada in support of joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”
The difference isn't with the word "consider".
It is between the words "definitely" and "probably" ... and adding those two percentages means almost 20% of Albertans are OK with becoming American.
That's cool. They can move if they want. Lots of other citizens would welcome the opportunity to buy their homes/acreages.
But the land and oil stay with Canada.
Never!
Those Canadians either don't know or don't care about paying $300 to see a general practitioner. Each time.
"Residents"
You've got a bunch of illegal Texans voting in your elections, AB.
So even in the province most in favour, they can't scrape together 20% of the population that thinks this might be a viable option. Talk about nothingburgers.
Bro, 20% of your province wanting to join a fascist state is a problem.