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Danielle Smith introduces a referendum that is to be held next October. In this referendum there are nine questions, ranging from highly racist to impossible and aspirational. It seems clear— Danielle Smith doesn’t want to be part of Canada anymore, but she wants to continue benefitting from the financial stability of the country as well as transfer payments for things such as health care. Don’t tell me how to run my province, but please keep giving us your cash. This isn’t our opinion. She says it herself in her question 8 of the referendum.
8. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?
We don’t want to do what you say, but you have to give us the money anyways.
Despite campaigning to receive more immigrants in her Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, lobbying the feds to allow them to receive more labourers to deal with their labour shortage. Now, as she defunds health care and actively dismantles the public system, she is claiming it’s the fault of immigrants. She also wants to create a second class of citizen in the province, and to introduce the largest democratic backslide in Canadian history.
Gabrielle and Isaac Break it down for you.
Here are all the top headlines this week:
Canadians can now travel visa free to China starting last week, as China continues their work to become a major soft power influencing western democracies away from the United States.
1 Dead 1 injured after shooting in Chilliwack.
US choking out Cuba through sanctions. This is a historic ally of Canada. Canada still hasn’t spoken up about it.
A massive trade delegation was sent to Mexico this week.
Jamil Jivani desperately asks for media attention by talking to breitbart and saying Canadians throwing “hissy fit” over the United States. He clearly wants to be the next leader of the CPC
Charles Milliard hits the right tone in his leadership speech, but austerity measures seem to be on the way. 100,000 houses built a year, tele medicine, funding education. But he does not indicate a strategy to pay for it.
Scotiabank fully divests from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems due to protests, proving that sometimes civic action works.
3 shot dead at rhode island youth hocket game
BC produces a budget that is both underwhelming and poor management.
Food Inflation spiked in 7.3 per cent in january, largely due to the cost of beef.
Former prince andrew arrested
CANADA LOSES AT HOCKEY VS THE USA
QS accepts bending their rules about gender parity. Rumour has it that Alexandre Boulerice is switching to provincial politics, essentially leaving Quebec shut out to the NDP
BIG STORIES
Third Conservative crosses floor
SAAQ Clic report is out!
Danielle Smith announces racist referendum, trying to remove health care from immigrants and asylum seekers. The referendum is the following questions:
1. Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?
2. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law mandating that only Canadian citizens, permanent residents and individuals with an Alberta-approved immigration status will be eligible for provincially-funded programs, such as health care, education and other social services?
3. Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for social support programs as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring all individuals with a non-permanent legal immigration status to reside in Alberta for at least 12 months before qualifying for any provincially-funded social support programs?
4. Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for public health care and education as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta charging a reasonable fee or premium to individuals with a non-permanent immigration status living in Alberta for their and their family’s use of the healthcare and education systems?
5. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate, or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?
6. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to have provincial governments, and not the federal government, select the justices appointed to provincial King’s Bench and Appeal courts?
7. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate?
8. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?
9. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to better protect provincial rights from federal interference by giving a province’s laws dealing with provincial or shared areas of constitutional jurisdiction priority over federal laws when the province’s laws and federal laws conflict?
