Canada may have escaped for now the (for them) humiliating fate of becoming the 51st US state, but things are in motion that suggest nothing will ever be the same in the ‘Great White North.’
The conservative premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta said yesterday (5) that a referendum on separation from Canada will be held next year if a citizen-led petition reaches the required number of signatures.
Associated Press reported:
“Speaking on a livestream address, Danielle Smith said she personally does not support the province leaving Canada and expressed hope of a ‘path forward’ for a strong and sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.
‘Should Ottawa, for whatever reason, continue to attack our province as they have done over the last decade, ultimately that will be for Albertans to decide’, she said. “I will accept their judgement’.”
This development follows the victory of Mark Carney, ushering in the fourth consecutive Labour government.
New PM Carney will meet US President Donald J. Trump today (6) to work out trade issues and the threat of annexation.
“Smith accused previous federal Liberal governments of introducing different legislations that hamstring Alberta’s ability to produce and export oil, which she said has cost the province billions of dollars. She also said she doesn’t want the federal government meddling in provincial issues.”
“’We don’t ask for special treatment or handouts’, she said. ‘We just want to be free to develop and export that incredible wealth of resources we have. Freedom to choose how we provide health care, education and other needed social services to our people, even if it’s done differently than what Ottawa has in mind’.”
Smith is to appoint a negotiation team to change unacceptable federal policies. She will work with Carney but wants ‘tangible proof of real change’.
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