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Perhaps the largest provincial flag in Alberta!! A beautiful sight to see! 💙💙💙 Mossleigh, Alberta
FarmGeek15,142 görüntüleme • 14 gün önce
I spent a lot of time reading the Canada West Foundation’s new report on Alberta separation, and I think Albertans should read it too. Not because I agree with where it ultimately lands. I don’t. But because something interesting happens when you work through the report carefully: parts of it make a remarkably strong case for why Alberta is having this conversation in the first place. Decades of attempted reform. The same constitutional frustrations resurfacing again and again. Alberta’s enormous fiscal contribution to Canada. Legitimate questions about debt, assets, trade, pensions, investment, and what a transition could look like. Those questions deserve serious answers. But identifying things that would need to be negotiated is very different from proving they cannot be negotiated. And there’s one question I think deserves just as much scrutiny as every risk associated with leaving: What happens if Alberta stays? Because staying is a choice too, and it comes with its own assumptions, costs, and risks. That distinction matters even more as we approach October 19. We are not being asked to settle every detail of an independent Alberta that day. We are being asked whether Alberta should accept the status quo, or begin the process that gives us the leverage to find out whether there is something better. After reading this report, I’m even more convinced we should find out. Vote Option 2. #LetAlbertaDecide #Alberta #AlbertaPolitics #Option2
FarmGeek27,487 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
How much would Alberta independence actually cost? We’ve heard $50B. $170B. Even an initial estimate approaching $400B. Keith Wilson, Dennis Kalma and the Alberta Transition Council have done the work to examine a different question: Can Alberta actually afford to govern itself? Forward to Freedom estimates $22.2–$32.1B in annual fiscal capacity after accounting for existing services and the federal and sovereign responsibilities Alberta would assume. Read the Transition Plan. Read Forward to Freedom. Read the Budget and Costing Report. Read the opposing studies too. Then compare the assumptions and decide what you think. We’ve spent plenty of time asking what Alberta might lose. It’s worth asking what Alberta could GAIN. Read the Alberta Transition Council research at:
FarmGeek10,174 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
A leadership review is not the same thing as voting to remove a leader. I’ve opposed this motion before. My position changed because October 19 changed how I think about accountability. I respect Danielle Smith, even where I strongly disagree with her. I disagree with the adversarial position she has taken toward independence during this referendum because I believe our highest elected representative should have remained neutral and allowed Albertans to make this decision. But disagreement doesn’t erase respect. If Albertans give this government a mandate on October 19, what matters to me is what our leadership does with it afterward. That’s why I supported a leadership review. Accountability. And for those assigning their own motives to my vote: you’re free to explain your position. You don’t get to explain mine.
FarmGeek14,021 görüntüleme • 19 gün önce
Alberta votes first. That’s the part of the Canada-U.S. trade fight Albertans should be paying attention to. Ottawa may soon be under enormous pressure to protect Ontario’s manufacturing economy, and one of Canada’s strongest bargaining chips with Washington is Alberta energy. So why would Albertans voluntarily weaken our own position before those negotiations reach their most difficult point? You don’t have to support independence today to understand leverage. A strong Option 2 vote keeps pressure on Ottawa. It tells them Alberta cannot simply be taken for granted and makes using our economy as somebody else’s bargaining chip politically much more dangerous. The trade war is creating the pressure. October 19 determines whether Alberta faces it from a position of strength. Don’t surrender the leverage before we’ve even had the chance to use it. Vote Option 2. #LetAlbertaDecide #Option2
FarmGeek24,631 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
I met an Albertan today who liked the idea of independence but felt overwhelmed by everything that would need to be figured out. Then something clicked: We don’t have to settle every question before October 19. This first referendum is non-binding. Option 2 gives Alberta the opportunity to strengthen its hand and see what Canada is actually prepared to put on the table. Maybe that’s meaningful constitutional reform. Maybe Ottawa offers very little. Either way, we learn something before deciding what comes next. You don’t need to know exactly where the road ends to give Alberta the strongest hand possible. Vote Option 2. #LetAlbertaDecide #Option2
FarmGeek20,481 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
October 19 isn’t a vote to make Alberta independent. It’s a vote on whether Alberta should begin the legal process toward a future binding referendum and negotiate from a position of greater strength. If you’re happy with the status quo, vote Option 1. If you want Alberta to have more leverage before any final decision is made, vote Option 2. #LetAlbertaDecide #AbPoli
FarmGeek26,150 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
More Albertans are exploring sovereignty today than at any point in our history. I don’t think it’s because they’ve become radical. I think many are questioning whether government remains sufficiently accountable, transparent, and connected to the people it serves.
FarmGeek42,580 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
I think the strongest part of Option 2 is also the simplest: we don’t have to agree on independence yet. October 19 isn’t the independence vote. It’s our opportunity to give Alberta leverage and find out what Canada is actually prepared to offer when Ottawa understands that Albertans have another option. Maybe they finally come to the table with meaningful change. Maybe they don’t. I have my suspicions, but I’m willing to find out. And if the offer isn’t good enough? Then we keep going. We have the next referendum, and Albertans make that decision with far more information in front of them. So I genuinely don’t understand the hostility around this. Unless you believe the status quo is working just fine, why would we give away our strongest negotiating position before we’ve even had the chance to use it? October 19. Vote Option 2. Give Alberta the strongest hand possible, and let’s see what Canada puts on the table. 💙 #LetAlbertaDecide #Option2 #AlbertaIndependence #Alberta #October19
FarmGeek10,723 görüntüleme • 29 gün önce
For years, Alberta has tried to improve its place within Canada. So here’s the question: If we’ve been trying for decades, what should Alberta do next? This isn’t about walking away. It’s about walking toward an honest conversation about Alberta’s future and giving Albertans the opportunity to decide it for themselves. Do you believe meaningful change within Canada is still achievable? #Alberta #LetAlbertaDecide #AlbertaPolitics #AlbertaFuture #October19
FarmGeek15,406 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
“But Alberta is landlocked.” Yes. And? Our pipelines, railways, highways & U.S. connections already exist. B.C. needs overland access east through Alberta just as Alberta needs access west. Geography creates challenges. It also creates leverage. Landlocked does not mean locked in. #Alberta #LetAlbertaDecide
FarmGeek11,758 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
We spend a lot of time asking what Alberta would need from Canada after independence. Let’s ask the other half: What would Canada need from Alberta? Energy. Agriculture. Transportation corridors. Continued trade. Canada already uses Alberta energy as leverage internationally. Maybe it’s time Albertans understood the leverage we have too. Canada needs Alberta too. #Alberta #LetAlbertaDecide
FarmGeek13,356 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Billions of dollars leave Alberta every year through equalization, yet our governments throw those numbers around as if they’re just another line in a budget. But do we actually stop and think about what a billion dollars really means? Time to Let Alberta Decide 🙌🏽
FarmGeek12,068 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
There are costs to Alberta independence. Fair enough. But federal services are already funded in part by Alberta tax dollars. Add Alberta’s ~$25B annual net contribution to Ottawa & ~$26.5B in lost energy opportunity, and the question becomes: What’s the cost of staying?
FarmGeek19,002 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
The strongest argument against Alberta independence is uncertainty. But uncertainty exists on both paths. So here is the question those asking Alberta to remain must answer: What concrete, achievable plan will produce meaningful and lasting change within Canada? “Stay and hope” is not a plan. #LetAlbertaDecide #Alberta
FarmGeek11,818 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce