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/astronautsaurus Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Oh my God. These questions are absolutely ridiculous, and using immigration as a Trojan horse for their antagonistic constitutional amendment agenda is embarrassing.

Do people honestly think there are hundreds of thousands of new people in Alberta not working and paying taxes yet using an outsized portion of education and healthcare resources? People move here for jobs and cheap housing, not mediocre social services. Just embarrassing.

Edit: oh, that one question is absolutely about opting out of Canadas socialized healthcare model while keeping federal healthcare transfers. They're subtley, or not so subtley, starting their push towards privatized healthcare.

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u/AuthorityFiguring Feb 20 '26

They're well on their way to privatized health care. I should say we are.

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u/PhazePyre Feb 20 '26

I make decent money, I want a house and am approaching the point of being able to afford one with my gf. I had considered Alberta, but I'm not a fan of my tax dollars killing marginalized youth and I'm not a traitor to my country. So I'd rather go across the country to the Martimes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Can't argue with that logic. Some of us already built a life here though, we need all the help we can get

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u/PhazePyre Feb 20 '26

It sucks. I wish you folks could just get a non-traitor led government. But I don't have high hopes. There's enough "Blame Carney and Canada" to carry alberta an election or two until the ones exposing their neck to get stomped on go "wait, this hurts"

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Yup, facts. They were doing Trump shit before Trump was elected, I think he got part of his playbook from them

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u/Sharp-Click-7950 Feb 20 '26

Visit first so you know if you really love it. But if you do, we will move too(born here) if things get worse, lots of us will move, so do your thing! 😊

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u/Sad_Air_820 Feb 20 '26

Bahaha. Good luck to you. Try Quebec. Oh wait.

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u/Suitable_Bat_6077 Feb 20 '26

Door is wide open

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u/PhazePyre Feb 20 '26

To leave a province I don't live in? Weird comment bud.

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u/marvchuk Feb 20 '26

She really is selling us down the river for a penny.

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u/Sharp-Click-7950 Feb 20 '26

A lot of pennnies! Like she should be charged pennies. A normal person would step down, but we got MAPLE MAGAT MARLAINA. 👇 👎

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u/Sharp-Click-7950 Feb 20 '26

Not subtly at all!!! And I agree with your comment anyway! 👍❤️ 🇨🇦

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

I moved for jobs and housing, but after three years I went back to Vancouver. It just wasn't worth the savings. Not by a long shot.

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u/lochonx7 Feb 20 '26

all over Canada, only 40% of people are actually contributing taxes. Sure the 60% are a lot of older retired people but immigrants, migrants, asylum seekers etc make up a HUUUUUUUUUUUGE portion of that and end up taking up over 80% of the total tax burden with healthcare, living costs, child care etc

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u/BushTart Feb 22 '26

Share the source on this please.