Madeleine MorrisRemittancegirl@mstdn.social
Oct 20, 2026, 7:39 AMI really needed proof that there was still some vestige of reason in the world this morning, and I got it
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-referendum-live-results-9.7385074
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Tim FinnertyTimFinnerty@toot.ioOct 20, 2026, 8:19 AM@Remittancegirl Indeed this is a good result. However given the result is so lopsided and the result was pretty much known from the start, why was this expensive and divisive exercise carried out?
Was stimulating divisiveness the point?
- Madeleine MorrisRemittancegirl@mstdn.socialOct 20, 2026, 8:37 AM
@TimFinnerty I think it was. As it was during the Brexit vote, even though it went a different way.
The question of separating yourself from your neighbours is always about fomenting division.
- Tim FinnertyTimFinnerty@toot.ioOct 20, 2026, 10:41 AM
@Remittancegirl Before anyone becomes overly optimistic, one should also look at the results of the other 9 questions, which for all but 1 have gone the other way.
The other 9 questions are a smorgasbord of demonising "others", phrased in dubious, and certainly not constitutional / legal wording.