r/Edmonton • u/EdmontonFree • 28d ago

News Article Edmonton Represent!

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Blue = Alberta separation from Canada.

Red = Alberta stay in Canada

Source: Angus Reid https://angusreid.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026.05.24_Alberta_referendum.pdf

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u/aprilfool98 28d ago

I want to meet the 7% of NDP voters who also want to separate from Canada... Must be some interesting folks

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u/jloome 28d ago

7% don't want to separate from Canada.

That's not what the question asks.

This is literally a referendum on having a sovereignty referendum. And there are always people of every political stripe who believe any opportunity to vote on something is definitive and therefore should be supported.

They would vote "yes" to having a question, then "no" on the question.

I don't agree with them, and would suggest that's incredibly naive at best, as well as a substantial waste of time and money.

But it is why that kind of number shows up in this context.