Latest posts tagged with #WesternAlienation on Bluesky
See the free new @Pollara report on #WesternAlienation, revealing that #WesternCanadian support for #separatism remains very low (14%), with sentiment highest in #Saskatchewan (20%) and #Alberta (19%) at only two-in-ten: bit.ly/3LB6AxO.
#cdnpoli #abpoli #skpoli #albertaseparatism #nationalunity
New @Pollara poll reveals #Westernalienation persists, but support for #separatism remains very low. Just 14% of Western Canadians say they would vote to separate - sentiment highest in SK (20%) and AB (19%).
See today’s @NationalPost:
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Is there federal recall legislation? Asking for a province…
@mark-carney.bsky.social
#bcpoli #westernalienation #canpoli
How the UCP is reframing Alberta’s separatist gambit
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #IndigenousGovernance #IndigenousRights #TreatyRights #Alberta #UCP #Canada #DanielleSmith #Federalism #Bill54 #Separatism #Sovereignty #Referendum #WesternAlienation
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For a cultural perspective on polarization and how the arts can help? @susandelacourt.bsky.social @acoyne #artsandcultuee metcalffoundation.com/metcalf-stor... #westernalienation
What if Alberta really did vote to separate?
#Alberta #Canada #DanielleSmith #AlbertaSeparation #DanielleSmith #CanadianPolitics #Sovereignty #BrexitLessons #QuebecReferendum #IndigenousRights #WesternAlienation #AlbertaOilsands
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13/15 Smith's government proposed legislation to ease Alberta separation referendums. Harris warns Carney "cannot expect Alberta to accept mere rhetoric." Real change means getting Alberta's fossil fuels to world markets at higher volumes.
#AlbertaSeparation #WesternAlienation
There was much separatist talk after the 2019 federal election when I drew about #westernalienation back then:
4/11 Musician Richard Engler, 76, sipping coffee outside a High River diner, agrees with Smith about legitimate grievances: "Western Canadians have been penalized for living out here. We need our jobs...energy corridors."
#WesternAlienation #ABpoli
3/9 Western discontent has gained renewed momentum following Prime Minister Carney's Liberal election victory and Smith's introduction of a bill that dramatically lowers the threshold for citizen-led constitutional referendums.
#WesternAlienation
8/9 Smith's planned provincial tour panel—which she'll personally lead—could further amplify federal-provincial grievances, potentially transforming long-standing anti-Ottawa sentiment into broader anti-Canada feelings at public forums.
That's precisely what Smith wants 😜
#WesternAlienation
Satirical poster titled "The Manufactured Frontier." It features a caricature of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dressed in a fringed western jacket and cowboy hat, smiling and holding a megaphone. Behind her, oil rigs burn as flames and smoke rise, with silhouettes of men talking in the background. The text reads: “Fear sells. Smith’s just the pitchman. Manufactured outrage. All hat, no cattle.” Hashtags at the bottom include: #WesternAlienation #ableg #SeparationSideshow.
She went on to address the whole country with manufactured outrage.
It wasn’t a message—it was a performance.
Theatrics in a fringe jacket while public trust and unity burn.
#ableg #SeparationSideshow #WesternAlienation #AllHatNoCattle
@steveboots.bsky.social ringing the bell of #reason again.
I wish every #Canadian cared enough about #solidarity to invest time & energy into understanding #WesternAlienation.
Attacking them isn't working, it's only radicalizing them further.
More #understanding, #empathy & #compassion, please.
@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social so the top ten places to visit in Canada only has 1 spot in BC? and 6 are from the Maritimes? Wow....okay....guess I can expect tourism to be more chill out here in BC..... Get Danielle Smith on the phone... #WesternAlienation lol
5/10 Political scientist Lori Williams tells Boyd that even Liberal-voting Albertans likely feel alienation from Ottawa over policies perceived as inhibiting the oil industry, such as the emissions cap and Impact Assessment Act.
#WesternAlienation #OilPolicy
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Canada #WesternAlienation #WesternSeparation
I hear a lot of rhetoric and a lot of anger. Can someone from Alberta please explain in factual terms what they want?
Facts: Climate Change is REAL. Peak Oil is REAL.
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7/10 "It seems like the decisions are always being made back east," Brodie told MacLeod. "We have the results of the election almost before we've even finished voting, and it's very discouraging for westerners to feel like we really don't have a voice."
#WesternAlienation #CDNPoli
5/9 Another key organizer, David Parker, founder of Take Back Alberta, has also embraced separatism, stating: "We must move now, while the Alberta spirit still burns hot. While we still have the numbers, the courage, and the will to act."
#AlbertaSovereignty #WesternAlienation
#ABpoli #CDNpoli #UCP
2/8 Speaking on the sidelines of the Canada Strong and Free Network conference, Kenney described the separatist movement as "a lot of bark and very little bite," noting that only 10-15% of Albertans are "hardcore separatists."
#WesternAlienation #CDNpoli #Separatism
1/8
🚨 SMITH & MANNING UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY🚨
Some high-profile western conservatives are abandoning national coalition-building in favour of regional defiance, writes Jared Wesley.
Threatening both federal Conservative prospects and the unity of Canada itself.
#CDNpoli #ABpoli #WesternAlienation
All of my newspaper editorial cartoons get animated and added to YouTube for your enjoyment the night before. #westernalienation youtu.be/NdbvfQy8rME
7/9 Manning's Globe and Mail column claimed "a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession." Poilievre promptly distanced himself, saying "We need to unite the country. We need to bring all Canadians together in a spirit of common ground."
#WesternAlienation #Secession
2/8 "Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession—a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it," Manning wrote, pointing to deep-rooted feelings of Western alienation.
#WesternAlienation #CanadianUnity
