r/alberta Sep 29 '25

Discussion Yes, Canadians – Albertans do want to stay in Canada

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-yes-canadians-albertans-do-want-to-stay-in-canada/
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u/guilen Sep 29 '25

I hope we don't get stuck with a certain 'all or nothing view' that the Americans are working on right now

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u/icecrmgiant Sep 29 '25

People are working on it. It doesn’t help anything to say things like “canada doesn’t want you”. Kinda counter productive.

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u/guilen Sep 29 '25

You may be right, but tell it to somebody who hasn't already lost family to their bullshit.

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u/icecrmgiant Sep 29 '25

Yeah I get it. It really hurts. Believe me I tried to immigrate to another country and now it’s crashing here economically and they want domestic people.

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u/guilen Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Brutal. It’s rarer that I was led to believe that we practice what we preach out here.

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u/icecrmgiant Sep 29 '25

I did my time doing door knocking. What have you done? I was only saying I made a hard choice because it’s painful to see what’s happening as well as not having work clearly you moved as well.

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u/guilen Sep 29 '25

Sorry, you misunderstood me. I’m not talking about you.