cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53199073

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Thursday that the United States is trying to break Canada so it can “own us” as he urged oil-rich Alberta not to begin a process toward separation in Monday’s referendum.

The vote is not a direct referendum on independence. Alberta, which has the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves, will decide whether to remain a province or instruct the government to begin the legal process toward a future referendum on separation.

“This referendum comes at the worst possible time,” Carney told a large pro-Canada rally in Calgary. “The world has become more dangerous and divided. Some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us.”

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      13 hours ago

      Daniel Smith’s first name.

      Since Marlaina decided that people under 16 can’t go by anything other than their legal first name without parental permission in schools, many people will call her by her legal first name until they see her permission slip.