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Sharon Siba's avatar

Scott Sinclair and Peter Guthrie are the heros for patriotic Albertan Canadians. What Sinclair said in the Legislature is nothing short of what those of us who didn't vote for the UCP already know but it's so refreshing to hear those words coming from a UCP MLA.

Take Back Alberta is another extreme right-wing organization that's been pushing separatism as well as all the other extreme Con anti everything agendas. TBA has been muzzled for about a year since David Parker, once President of TBA refused to turn over records of their donations, who donated, how much and how that money was used. Parker stalled Elections Alberta’s inquiry by playing a game of cat and mouse that nearly got him arrested. Parker himself was fined $10,000 and TBA was fined over $100,000 for misusing advertising money to promote the UCP and other political agenda.

Now Parker is back with his sidekick, Benita Pedersen, making podcasts trying to revamp TBA to its glorious former numbers. They're still pushing an agenda to take over all school, christian church, hospital and LTC boards so they can control everything. It's no secret they tried to take over the UCP board with some success, and they installed TBA members in Alberta constituencies where they tried to influence who would run as a UCP candidate. They also tried to make it difficult for some people to vote according to letters to the editor of a newspaper.

This separatist talk isn't funny anymore; it's frighteningly serious. Even if there is a referendum on separation that proves once again the vast majority of Albertans don't want to separate from Canada, it will not be the end of the discussions. The sad thing about this is separation has never been carefully thought through as to what is all involved and will have to be dealt with eventually, even as the % of separatists in Alberta slowly grows.

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Michael Kalmanovitch's avatar

An excellent overview of the separation movement in Alberta and shining a light on several players and components of this threat.

The UCP moved the goal posts so that the threat became easier for this group of people to tell the majority of Albertans under what jurisdiction they will live under if this minority gets their way.

#NoToSeparation #AlbertaNever51 #CanadianFederation

Thank you Dave to pull all this information together in one place and I value your perspective.

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