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[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Some people are of the thought of "do it now and get it over with so we can see it fail and move on".

Nenshi (head of the Alberta NDP) has literally said he wants the vote to happen today so that we can get this out of the way, stop playing political games once the vote fails, and move on to getting stuff that actually matters done.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Isn’t that exactly how brexit happened?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Yep, but it wasn't supposed to be binding so they could have used it to set the wheel in motion to negotiate better conditions as part of the European Union

[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Wish I followed Brexit more as it was happening, think me being in school at the time had something to do with me not doing so.

However at the same time, I don't think the majority of people would vote for this. IIrc, support is polling between 20 and 30 percent currently, much higher than I'm comfortable with, but not enough to actually win a vote if it was held today (not to say polls vote btw).

Also worth noting is that last week Smith and Carney had a meeting, to which Smith stated that it was a positive one, so fingers crossed that's a sign of things in the right direction: https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/smith-describes-first-meeting-with-carney-after-the-election-positive/

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That may be helpful in curtailment of efforts to persuade fence-sitters.

[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the thing too, people that are pro-separatism are already on the roll with their efforts to make this a legitimate thing. Just the other day I received a call from the Alberta Republicans with a survey asking if I'd vote yes on a referendum to split from Canada.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Yes. I've seen it in the US and hence my trepidation for Canada.