I want people to realize 2 things:
1) The Alberta Independence campaign isn't *meant* to succeed, and
2) It *doesn't have to*, in order to achieve the objective that the Trump administration is funding it for.
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The people behind the project don't really have a viable plan. They DO have a plan, but not one that is realistic, costed, and likely to not be foiled by decades of fighting in the courts. But that's not the stunning part.
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The stunning part is the amount of money the US is funneling in, without even trying to move the needle anywhere except the far right political bubble.
At least with Brexit, there were reasoned discussions initiated by "just asking questions" in mainstreamish media. Here? Nothing. Why? It would be money wasted, because Albertans really don't want to separate.
Polls vary, but most polls (not including far right polls of their own readers) put separatist sentiment at around 20% at most -- usually under. That's not enough to realistically hold a referendum, but it is enough to get some good visuals of people lined up to sign the petition.
This is why Thomas Lukaszuk's Remain In Canada campaign was brilliant. It undermined the narrative at the right time. But now that Remain is waiting for a ballot, the separatists have a bit of breathing room for publicity.
So what happens when Alberta's independence referendum inevitably fails?
Everyone cries that the process was unfair, or that there were shenanigans to steal the result. It's what MAGA does any time there's a result they don't like.
I can't imagine that the "2020 election was stolen" guy wouldn't know what to do with that.
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