Quebec, at least, has a legitimate beef with English Canada but the separatists there are smart enough not to pursue it to its alleged conclusion. They know that an independent Quebec would be anglophone within two generations and absorbed back into the Canadian fold within three. And francophone rights and privileges would be a thing of the past. But continual threats of separation does give them some political clout here and there and they are happy with that.
These Wexit idiots haven't thought it through. These people are not the sharpest crayons in the box. What can you expect from a group of people who thought that Alberta could be a world power if only we had some nuclear submarines to flex our muscle! (Think I'm making that up? Check this out: http://bouquetsofgray.blogspot.com/2003/03/hutton-alta-should-split-from-canada.html ) I guess those subs would patrol Lake Athabasca or the West Edmonton Mall.
Another group calling itself Alberta Proud thinks we should be protecting our "heritage" (a dog whistle there) and our "language" (a trumpet blast there) but a quick visit to their website shows an image of a Union Pacific boxcar with either a rusted out side or it's a victim of shotgun blasts. Not sure what this image of an American railroad's boxcar has to do with our "heritage" or "language" or what it has to do with Alberta.
What we have here is group of uneducated, illiterate people who are not getting the good jobs on the basis of their "heritage" and "language" and see those jobs going to different-coloured people who speak with accents just because those different-coloured people who speak with accents have the education and training for those jobs. (Some of them are... gasp!... women!)
So they wear their yellow vests, they shout into their bullhorns and they put up signs accusing Justin Trudeau of treason (without knowing the definition) but cannot do the one thing that might make a change in their favour. Make an effort.
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