Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Mar 9
Alberta, where it turns out that cutting off your nose to spite your face really is bad for business. Will common sense economic arguments succeed where appeals to patriotism have failed? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/deborah-yedlin-calgary-rene-levesque-nancy-southern-9.7121058 #ableg #abpoli #yyc #Calgary #APP #Canada #cdnpoli
Alberta separation talk already affecting more than a quarter of surveyed Calgary businesses | CBC News

Ongoing discourse around the prospect of Alberta separation is emerging as a top concern for Calgary businesses, many of whom say the debate is already impacting the local economy, a new Calgary Chamber of Commerce survey suggests.

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@Paulatics it’s kind of hard to hold my head up high when talking with my American friends about how dumb this period of history is.

I don’t believe for a second that this is a grass roots campaign. I dont believe it’s completly a domestic campaign either. Senator, I would hope that you and others are talking a national security lens on this.

Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Mar 9
@chriscorrigan I, for one, certainly am. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-influence-alberta-independence-9.7107301
Foreign influence commissioner could monitor an Alberta referendum on separation | CBC News

Canada's new foreign influence watchdog says his mandate will include attempts by foreign agents to interfere at the provincial and municipal level across Canada, including any attempt on behalf of a foreign government to influence a referendum on Alberta separation.

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@Paulatics you are the best. Thank you for your focus and your transparency
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