Badass Britt Feb 20

You better bet my sparkly new Canadian citizenship voting rights will be exercised on October 19th. 

See ya there.
#YEG #CanPoli #ABpoli

(reference: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-danielle-smith-fall-referendum-9.7098568)

The 9 proposed questions (many of these seem worded to try and force a Constitutional crisis in Canada):
https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/national-news/increased-control-over-immigration-nine-questions-on-alberta-referendum-in-october-11902437

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News

Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.

CBC
Show threaddragonfrogFeb 20
@britt wow those are just clearly wildly unconstitutional fantasies, plain evil, or both.
Show threadMegFeb 20
@dragonfrog @britt well, there is somehow one thing I agree with in there: abolishing the senate. It does some good work and recent reforms to appointment have made it less gross, but we are one conservative majority away from it becoming an undemocratic patronage machine again.
Show threaddragonfrogFeb 20
@megmac @britt That's a good point - I'm not sure if I support that move or not, but it's definitely a "reasonable and humane people may differ" type question.
Show threadMeg
@dragonfrog @britt in the end they don't really want to abolish it anyways, or Harper would have pushed for it at the height of his power. But I think the Senate is a real and valid frustration point for the western provinces (because it really is basically structured to give the original provinces a veto in confederation) that they like to lean on when they feel their grip on power slipping.
Feb 20 at 6:07pmWeb