This is truly scary
Remember: Remain in Canada + No to everything else
I do believe provinces should have more control over immigration ( from outside Canada, not interprovincial). Every thing else on that referendum is junk. Then again the way even immigration control question is, it could mean interprovincial migration or simply a province to say we will only allow certain race in.
SO NO to everything on that referendum.
I don’t believe it.
I know the questions are deliberately worded to be ambiguous and leading, but every single one is clearly a racist dogwhistle. For all of the redneck shitheads emboldened by our government of bigots and traitors, I don’t think the majority of Albertans are that bad.
Guess we’ll see.
Also, just to be clear: I do not support these questions. I’m voting remain and no on everything else
If you’re in Alberta, apply for a mail-in ballot on the referendum questions so you can examine them and send them in at your leisure. It’s going to be a shitshow at the polling stations.
https://www.elections.ab.ca/resources/media/news-releases/2026-referendum-special-ballot-requests/
Unsurprising given the state of things.
And also unfortunate. Immigration is a strength of Canada. The problem is we didn’t build enough infrastructure and housing to support newcomers.
Still, the solution isn’t to turn on migrants. It’s to build more homes and support our services so everyone can thrive
For sure but isn’t an anti-immigrant sentiment surge inevitable until we’ve built out our material base to support the larger population? In my mind, we have a material base shortage. That makes people’s lives worse. They connect the dots, want less immigration till the problem is fixed. I think that also neatly gives the solution to the anti-immigration sentiment - fixing the material problem as you suggested. Fix that and people would welcome immigration again.
