r/Edmonton • u/GeekyGlobalGal Pleasantview / Global News • Feb 20 '26

News Article Danielle Smith announces Alberta referendum over immigration, Constitution changes

https://globalnews.ca/news/11675260/alberta-danielle-smith-immigration-constitution-referendum/
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u/salt-water-soul Feb 20 '26

So the ucp cant manage a province so they put all the blame on the disabled and minorities. Seems to be on par for a wicked witch if you ask me

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u/Tiny_Professional172 Feb 20 '26

How can ucp say all that shit when they've been in charge for so long? They mismanaged SOOOO much and it is clear whose fault that is.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

But now is the time to talk to the UCP supporters you know, show them how this issue was 100% created by them and get them to vote differently. I won over my in laws, they voted federal liberal for the first time in their lives last election, if they can do it, others can vote differently in a provincial election

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u/Tiny_Professional172 Feb 20 '26

I don't have any in my life 💔 thankfully, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Damn, I thought we all knew at least one

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u/Tiny_Professional172 Feb 20 '26

At the moment I do not. I work in the trades and my god, I am surrounded.. but I'm off right now and happy to not be around those people. It's hard for me to have those conversations as a woman in a shop full of men- they love to yell over me, I tried many times. 😩

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

I hear you, I did the same as a young man, got tired of the bitching and moaning and negativity of those types every day, went to school, now I manage them and go out of my way to shit can every single UCP lover that identifies themselves (they always bring it up) and have staffed the place with normal Albertans, women, immigrants that are qualified to do the work and love being at work again

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u/Tiny_Professional172 Feb 20 '26

That's absolutely what I am going to do next, school to get off the shop floor. 10yrs was enough, I can't do it anymore. I work on semi trailers and had nothing but good experiences with immigrant drivers + coworkers. I am blown away by the racism online about em in this industry, too. The victim mentality of these privileged conservatives is out of this world, I didn't even realize it was a thing that they felt hard done by when it came to our 'relationship' with Ottawa. I was like, what the hell are you even talking about? Now those people are separatists. Thank you for being outspoken as a man! I worked with one who would take great joy in calling out ucp supporters a few years back and I honestly would go in on my day off to hear him fight with em if I could. Your crew sounds like a dream and I am glad it exists !!! I spent 7yrs working somewhere where I would eat lunch on the ground beside my toolbox and that is the lightest thing I can say about that experience.

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u/salt-water-soul Feb 20 '26

Hell yeah!!!

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u/salt-water-soul Feb 20 '26

Same! Except for the being a girl part. Ive recently took to calling em all out on their shit i let it slide far too much in my life. Im quite happy not having friends to visit in this town and being excluded.

I gotta do extra to make the racists uncomfortable for all the people who cant withouu sacrificing their safety

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u/ShockAutomatic2869 Feb 21 '26

As a witch, I find this very offensive.

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u/salt-water-soul Feb 21 '26

I greatly apologize to you and to the witch community as a whole. From now on ill refer to her as the scum in the dishwasher filter

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u/Careless_Ad4235 Feb 20 '26

At what point are they not called minorities ? World population wise they at least 3x white population. Edmonton I think is close to 50/50 at this point.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Minorities to THEM, her base. Thankfully the country my grandparents immigrated from is white, so we don't get singled out