Prime Minister Mark Carney says Alberta “being at the center” of Canadian development is “essential,” after Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum that will ask whether the province should leave Canada.
“Canada is working. We’re working in a spirit of cooperative federalism to make the country better. We’re renovating the country as we go, and Alberta being at the center of that is essential,” he said on Friday, speaking from the Library of Parliament in the Centre Block reconstruction site on Parliament Hill.
“Canada is the greatest country in the world, but it can be better. And we’re working on making it better. We’re working with Alberta on making it better.”
Albertans are set to go to the polls this fall to answer a series of referendum questions, including whether or not to vote — at a future date — to leave Canada.
Premier Danielle Smith, in a paid televised speech Thursday night, said the province will be adding a question to the Oct. 19 referendum she announced the last time she took to the airwaves back in February.The additional question will be: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had said in comments on Thursday ahead of the Smith announcement that “all Conservatives will be campaigning for Canadian unity in Alberta.”
“We believe that Alberta deserves a fair deal in this country, which means that we unblock the resources, we allow the oil and gas sector to grow, we get the federal government off the backs and out of the way of Alberta workers and small businesses so the province can prosper,” he said.
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Liberal MP Corey Hogan, currently representing the riding of Calgary Confederation, posted a statement on X, saying that Smith “is willfully ignoring the will of the vast majority of Albertans who want no part of this separatist conversation.”
“This baffling, referendum-on-a-referendum question will do nothing to settle anything. It adds another layer of confusion. It will divide. It will distract. It will damage.”
Conservative MP Dane Lloyd, who currently represents the Edmonton-area riding of Parkland, also posted on X that he will “stand up for my country in any referendum, and I will be campaigning for a united Canada.”
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Smith has Carney by the shorties and he knows it. Going forward Western Canada is going to tutor him out of narcissism.
Then maybe the east and the craptastic politicians then maybe we’d believe you
This Cuntry will never be great under LIEberal Leadershiiit….. make us the 51st state … elbows up … pants down that is the way Croney Clowns…. get bent!!!
Get rid of tanker ban.
Get rid of C68.
If you (Mr. Carney) are serious, this would open up a chance for private investment. Without removing these two deterrents Canada is just kicking a frozen turd across the province. Get rid of equalization payments would also go a long way to help things out in the West.
The greatest country in the world??? Not with you leading it!
Some more biiiiiig liberal Carney Talk. Separatist talks would not be this prevalent had the dirty liberals not imposed policies that are destroying Canada and that are unfair to Albertans. We all hate the fact that Alberta is thinking about separating but think about why that happened. Stop the chit chat Carney and get on with it. We’ve been listening to you babble on about biiiiig Carney projects for a year. Time to put your money where your mouth is Carney or it’s time for the liberals to move over so we can all prosper.
for the brain-dead b.c people and activist and pretending premier Eby and the FN’s, Alberta boasts the strongest economy on a per-person basis, driven heavily by its robust petroleum, energy, and technology industries. Residents typically enjoy higher average incomes, higher GDP per capita, and lower overall tax burdens compared to the rest of the country.
If the referendum is corrected to read “do you want to hold a separation referendum (yes or no)’, then the results would be negative, and the whole issue can be over.
Carnival Carney needs to get rid of the tanker ban, and tell the natives that they have very little to say on a pipeline. Then we might believe the Liberals want to keep Alberta in Canada.
Keep in mind, it was PET and the Liberals that put native consultation into our constitution. It was the Liberals who signed up to UNDRIP. We could have had a simple question like Quebec.
It is the Liberal laws, and the federal courts that complicated things.
Then Mr Carney…you better start to take them seriously. Build the pipeline…stop the stalling.
Well, thanks to “Libertarian” Danielle, everyone in Canada can now look up the home address of all our haters.
I trust Carney, with his Harvard/Oxford etc. degrees , is smarter than that. But who knows?
David Parker? Still looking for that left handed screwdriver. He made a ton though. That list is in the States now.
There’s a shocker.
This is why I don’t join ANY party, let alone Smith’s amateur hour.
How do you trust any vote being spearheaded by a group who let an entire province’s private information be released for free on the internet to any dubious or criminal element without repercussions? These are the same people being trusted to potentially run a new country? I’d be filing a lawsuit for a violation of my rights. I trust them as much as my drunken father behind the wheel. What a joke.
“Making Canada better ” sounds like Trump
@ koogk the russkie coward:
Yes, you hate us helping Ukraine and that’s why you Russkie trolls are here.
You are a coward because you are tyoo chicken zhitted to enlist there in Putin’s war.
The division of Alberta is entirely caused by the policies of the Liberal Party, which not only demands money from Alberta but also creates various restrictive terms.It’s really shameless.Conventionally speaking, Canada is rich in mineral and oil resources and can definitely become a very wealthy country.But these leftists of the Liberal Party insist on begging with their golden rice bowls.The federal government has not supported the development of a major energy province at all.Apart from supporting refugees and sending money to Ukraine, it is of no use at all.A country must first be prosperous before it can support the idle.Tax revenue should not be exploited blindly.The Liberal Party is completely despicable.I have no common sense at all.
Why has federal funding always been biased towards Quebec? Is it only Quebec that is its own son?Quebec pays the least taxes and receives the most federal subsidies.This is completely unfair. Why should the taxes I pay be given to others?
Lots of money for recalls, notwithstanding clauses, referendums, and other zhit that’s just for politicians and lawyers to line their pockets.
Thanks Danielle, but why are you gutting hospitals? So you can say they suck and we need private? lol…
@ Jack:
Name a lie or eat zhit pal. You have lots of it.
Now should we list all Smith’s lies?
@ nacho business: No one said a word during the Quebec referendum? You are showing your stupidity pal.
I remember tens of thousands.
Phuck off.
The most deranged province in the country and we are trying to put it front and center ?!!!
Alberta was a fine province and we got along with their people just fine…when they stayed on their side of the fence! When they stayed on the other side of the mtns and stayed in their lane ( without oil) all was right.!
Alberta born leaders. Smith Carney and PP, and they say that Alberta doesn’t have a voice in Canada, like Quebec has.
But the Quebec separatists have their own party and stand-up for what they are. In Alberta their separatists are embedded in the UCP and that isn’t the way to play the game. Stand-up and start your Wexit,Reform or whatever party, but stop hiding
I don’t think of myself as a host Trevor. You can’t cut steaks and roasts off your milk cow and expect it to survive. There are good people in the east who understand this. The problem is they aren’t in power. The pipeline won’t get built. Any fool can see this. The carbon tax is the problem. It’s not a viable enterprise for oil or pipeline companies. Even if it would happen. BC anf FN will block it. Those people in Alberta who support independence have run out of patience. Nothing will change at least not for the better. We can see this country being destroyed. Please let those who believe in freedom and prosperity leave.
Quebec want’s to separate and nobody says word, just crickets. Alberta wants to separate and people lose their minds, It’s no surprise that the east and far west parasites are after the money and nothing else.
I guess now that we have Corey Hogan that the cost of elections can be eliminated.
And I’m from ontario and I don’t think of myself as a parasite . Iam a true Canadian
Wow, Smith just does what she wants. So much for listening to the people. It’ll be interesting to see what happens if they separate. No more federal investment and she’s been so disrespectful to BC that I doubt they’ll be very sympathetic to them. Kind of burning bridges when you’re a land locked province.
Ringling Carney is again spewing LIES because he doesn’t actual believe in what he is saying. His actions prove that beyond any shadow of a doubt.
Just more liberal word salad with zero substance.
Morning news on Global just showed interviews with 5 leftist commentators talking about Alberta’s move to put a separation question on the October referendum and 0 commenters from the conservative view. Global is the worst network for biased reporting.
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Hey Duke… Your part of the reason Canada is fractured . You spew hate hiding behind behind your keyboard at fellow Canadians ! Come on at us pal! The east is supported by the West yet you have the usually better than the rest attitude .
It was funny seeing separation and angry Alberta YouTube channels being created, only to find out it was created in the Netherlands using paid actors to pretend to be Canadians. All for click bait profits. I’m sure some the rightnuts here easily fell for it. Loosers.
Just another nonsensical liberal psyop. The only thing you note here is that the parasites in eastern Canada realize they can’t survive without western resources. #WEXIT