Truly sad. The only way I keep sane is to avoid the news and remember we live in a clown world. On the upside, in Alberta I have met many of our provincial politicians and they seem like very decent people. I know many of these folks are much further to the right than they let on in public. I think the same is true of Saskatchewan as well.Space per capita and an ever-waning legacy of Scotch Enlightenment. Perhaps also a proximity to the US, as well.
Otherwise this is one of the gayest and retarded countries out there.
It would be a long hard road for sure and may never happen. I think Smith is slowly moving in this direction provincially though. You can only go as fast as the population will allow. Alberta is mostly normies with a solid sprinkling of very right-wing people and a small number of genuine freaks in the urban centres. As things get crazier in Canada the hope is that the population (in AB and Sask at least) will wake up and start to demand more and more autonomy until you have de facto independence. People need to let go of their fudd attachment to the idea of Canada and its ugly flag and bad healthcare. Canadians who think we still live in the best country in the world are truly deluded.In my opinion, the only way to make it work would first be to start an AB-SK separatist party, but make it their primary goal to support QC separation (including, if necessary, using donation money to that cause).
Establish that you stand for unique cultures and areas separating. Also advocate for natives across the country, and in particular make it apparent that any separation from the Canadian federal govt would also include enshrinement for any current native land to become fully autonomous, even though land-locked within the borders of the new separatist state. Guarantee that existing govt buildings would stay, unmolested, as defacto embassies for the fedgov of Canada. Add something in about national highways being easements.
Firmly get all those precedents into play.
Then push with all one's might for AB-SK separation by the above playbook.
The feds and leftists would probably still just show force and attempt their typical sophistry that although QC is maybe culturally unique the west cannot declare cultural uniqueness without that declaration being also racist / supremacist, and invade along those lines. However, the world -- and much of the rest of the country -- would be as well-positioned as possible to be sympathetic to your plight at that point and it would be a catastrophic PR failure for the fedgov.
Great point. Olds having the ministry of Ag would be amazing. I could only imagine the appointed Ag ministers trying to navigate the beer and rodeo of Olds College in order to try and get things done. They wouldn't last a month and would be begging Edmonton for another position in the city. Of course they wouldn't quit, but boy would they ever moan.It would be a long hard road for sure and may never happen. I think Smith is slowly moving in this direction provincially though. You can only go as fast as the population will allow. Alberta is mostly normies with a solid sprinkling of very right-wing people and a small number of genuine freaks in the urban centres. As things get crazier in Canada the hope is that the population (in AB and Sask at least) will wake up and start to demand more and more autonomy until you have de facto independence. People need to let go of their fudd attachment to the idea of Canada and its ugly flag and bad healthcare. Canadians who think we still live in the best country in the world are truly deluded.
One thing I am interested in is how municipalities (in other provinces) could vote to join a new nation. You may be able to include parts of northern and interior BC, southern and interlake Manitoba (excluding Winnipeg) and even parts of Ontario (that vote solidly Conservative). Likewise, Edmonton and Winnipeg could become city-states. Over the last few years I have learned a lot about municipal government and could see this happening in rural parts. One thing we need is party politics in municipal elections (to prevent vote splitting and let people know the ideology of those they are voting for). Alberta also needs to break up the civil servant block in Edmonton by farming out the ministries across the province (an example is agriculture goes to Olds, etc.). This will cause the urban lefties to quit and move to other provinces.
Much of the world has gone to hell and rather than moving to increasingly woke third-world countries we could create something livable here. The beautiful thing is that the freedom minded would flood in and the woke would quick leave for Vancouver and Toronto concentrating our hold on power.