Michael Harris on Independence in Battle River Crowfoot
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with a good friend of mine to talk about the upcoming referendum on Alberta's independence from the United Conservative Party. We talk about what it means for the future of the country, the current state of the party, the referendum, and much more!
Transcript
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support for independence according to the latest polling is still in the 40s but um support for
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like a referendum to be held in alberta is like i think according to the angus reed poll which was
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held in may was like 55 so like over half of people wanted like at least to be a referendum
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well i wouldn't doubt it like you don't have to convince rural alberta to have a referendum like
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they've been ready to go since like the 70s for something like this to happen the thing is is we
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have to convince all the people in the city that this is something that's viable and something that
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they need to do yeah rural communities like the election that i'm fighting and you don't need to
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convince people because they're already they're already convinced the real issue is going to come
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down to those in edmonton calgary on whether or not that they need to actually get on board with
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this or not because most of them they're undecided and they need to make a decision and i guess most
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people are also a little bit dissatisfied with our uni party as well too because yeah i mean
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obviously the liberals are going to be against it but they're also a little bit disappointed
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especially online this has actually gotten me quite a lot of endorsements by some uh people
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in the conservative sphere is that pure poly is against self-determination my understanding he's
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trying to run for prime minister but the very bare minimum he can say i support alberta's right
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to choose i don't have to support alberta leaving but i can still support alberta's right to choose
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and him saying he's completely against it he's against any referendum has alienated a lot of