Hearing that Alberta has 10x as many mail-in ballot requests this time around, compared to regular referendums/elections, I’d argue, is cause for concern and to take this whole thing seriously. Even more so with the recent changes to citizenship, which opened the door for expats from America to be considered citizens, and also with the backdrop of the Alberta republican party “leaking” voter lists etc. Not to mention the general increased animosity/unrest, with a very vocal and funded group being anti-Canada, with a provincial government that has leaned on the scales to benefit the separatist groups, and kowtowed to Trump’s whims. Oh, and America’s very open declaration that they want to annex Canada economically, and that they view the most viable path being one that goes through Alberta.
In the USA, there were fairly strong indicators that the swing states had been manipulated in their most recent election. One of the analysts that came forward shortly after it, noted that it would be possible for certain companies/groups to use the electronic voting systems to submit votes using information gathered by events like Elon Musks voter “lotteries”. The republican party of Alberta ‘leaked’ similar details.
In terms of their “international law” based right to secede, the writer of this article doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo from our Prime Minister that the rule of international law is tepid, at best these days. If Alberta holds a vote on leaving Canada, and Canada says “Nah, not legal!”, the USA will potentially use it as an excuse to “help Alberta” more explicitly. The USA is openly committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and boasting about it. When verbiage like ‘trade war’ reaches their administration, half the time they respond with comments like “We’re not at war with Canada, Canada doesn’t even have a military to fight, we’d annihilate them” - their default operating mode is violence when opposed. The article’s writer lives in a pre-Trump world.
Maybe an old professor of international politics from Ontario isn’t that in tune with issues out west. Like a blacksmith arguing that horses will remain the primary mode of transport after the invention of automobiles, he’s preaching the importance of international laws at a time when international law is in shambles. And he’s making these sorts of remarks from the part of the country that’s the focus of western alienation – a distant resident of a capital region city decrying those deplorable ‘provincials’ for being uppity.
Hearing that Alberta has 10x as many mail-in ballot requests this time around, compared to regular referendums/elections, I’d argue, is cause for concern and to take this whole thing seriously. Even more so with the recent changes to citizenship, which opened the door for expats from America to be considered citizens, and also with the backdrop of the Alberta republican party “leaking” voter lists etc. Not to mention the general increased animosity/unrest, with a very vocal and funded group being anti-Canada, with a provincial government that has leaned on the scales to benefit the separatist groups, and kowtowed to Trump’s whims. Oh, and America’s very open declaration that they want to annex Canada economically, and that they view the most viable path being one that goes through Alberta.
In the USA, there were fairly strong indicators that the swing states had been manipulated in their most recent election. One of the analysts that came forward shortly after it, noted that it would be possible for certain companies/groups to use the electronic voting systems to submit votes using information gathered by events like Elon Musks voter “lotteries”. The republican party of Alberta ‘leaked’ similar details.
In terms of their “international law” based right to secede, the writer of this article doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo from our Prime Minister that the rule of international law is tepid, at best these days. If Alberta holds a vote on leaving Canada, and Canada says “Nah, not legal!”, the USA will potentially use it as an excuse to “help Alberta” more explicitly. The USA is openly committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and boasting about it. When verbiage like ‘trade war’ reaches their administration, half the time they respond with comments like “We’re not at war with Canada, Canada doesn’t even have a military to fight, we’d annihilate them” - their default operating mode is violence when opposed. The article’s writer lives in a pre-Trump world.
Maybe an old professor of international politics from Ontario isn’t that in tune with issues out west. Like a blacksmith arguing that horses will remain the primary mode of transport after the invention of automobiles, he’s preaching the importance of international laws at a time when international law is in shambles. And he’s making these sorts of remarks from the part of the country that’s the focus of western alienation – a distant resident of a capital region city decrying those deplorable ‘provincials’ for being uppity.