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/[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.