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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nah this won’t go sideways.

Brexit anyone?

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Brexit had the support of the majority, at least in the referendum.

This has the support of ~20% of the province's pop. at max. Not to mention how awkward it would be to end up with a rectangle for a country in the middle of North America.

The only way Alberta gets separated from Canada is through American annexation. In neither case will it remain independent.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

It will be 10x worse than Brexit.

[–] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

it wont get that far

america, and the funding for this will implode first