The former leader of the United Kingdom during the Brexit referendum says you can’t compare that debate to Alberta’s prospective split from Canada.
David Cameron largely avoided talking directly about the Alberta separatism debate when speaking at an energy leadership conference in downtown Calgary on Monday morning.
But Cameron says that Alberta’s vote toward secession in October is about the future of a country rather than the United Kingdom’s membership in a trade association.
Cameron led the United Kingdom for six years leading up to the 2016 vote to split the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Also speaking about the proposition for Scotland to become an independent country in 2014, he called the idea of a fragmented United Kingdom a tragedy.
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However, he also says not calling the Scottish independence referendum would have been built resentment and worsened the situation.
“I was very nervous about it because if you have a referendum, you can’t guarantee what the results are going to be,” Cameron said Monday at a conference while speaking about the independence vote in Scotland.
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Why is this even a conversation?!! Out of over 5 million persons 300,000 want to leave Canada….who cares what they do or where they go?!
Go. Go live wherever u choose and leave us all alone.
Canada isn’t dead. Thank the supporters of these phony Conservatives and Reformers in Alberta who stopped getting the proper oil and tax rates of Peter Lougheed, left us with an enormous orphan oil well mess, that left us out of at least a trillion dollars, did other very pricey boondoogles, that cost billions of dollars, made our power and utility boss to soar in price, making them the most expensive in Canada, left us with very poorly maintained public education, public healthcare, and social services, and gave us an infrastructure repair bill of $40 billion.
A vote for separatism is a vote to be landlocked. If you think the USA will give you a good deal, good luck. UNCLOS does not grant Alberta an unfettered right of transit-it must be negotiated. The stories separatists spin are unbelievable.
Stay Alberta stay,say all the elbozo up side,Why says Alberta?
Well because of this and that and that other thing from 30 years ago and we won a Canada Cup then,and Don Cherry,oops the CBC kicked him out,how about Tim’s,oops its owned by foreigners now.How about?crickets.Just stay and support us while we vote in Liberals who will ruin things for you!Ok!Deal?
@ St – The only people that think Canada is dead are the cranky minority that Smith is indulging with her referendum questions. That’s maybe about half of the UCP supporters in Alberta. Everyone else thinks that things are OK under Carney and the Liberals.
Just another monkey flinging it’s poop.
Canada is dead
Thank a liberal voter.
Must be scrapping the barrel.