As an Albertan born and raised in the oil industry; I understand your semi-confusion about Alberta seperatism.
My husband, an accountant, and myself, a small business owner, can not understand the seperatist movement either. We went through the entire Tudeau the first episode and again the Trudeau the second and survied. There are many things that Easterners don't understand about the West and I believe that is just due to a lack of knowledge. proper education for us all< about Canada, is missing.
We in Canada do not give enough positive exposure to the good things of this country. We let the media post the negatives about oil and gas without the positives. Tide water access would be good for the East and yet Western Canadian Oil is deemed dirty oil while importing some of the dirtiest and signifigantly poorly politically produced oil to the East. Just one point not often making it to the news.
I am probably not making much sense, however, we do need more enlightenment in all parts of Canada.
First off Carney was Governor of the Bank of England, not Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Secondly and more important, Albertans have a history of concerns that, in my opinion, speak more to want of freedom than want of income.
In 1935 the eyes of the world were quite literally on Alberta as William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party won a majority first time out, with the promise of fundamental monetary reform. It sought to remove Alberta from the clutches of international finance by issuing debt-free money backed by the infinite common wealth of the Province of Alberta. Though the endeavour failed - the Eastern mucky-mucks went insane, accusing Aberhart of treason - the die for an independent Alberta was cast.
In a recent round table three constitutional experts discussed what sort of constitution each would recommend for a sovereign Alberta. https://www.youtube.com/live/ljllDM_Y240. Of the three only Bruce Pardy, to my mind, captured what I believe the intent of that first Social Credit government was. Pardy argued in essence that it would be pointless to simply dicker with what we already have in insubstantial ways: that this was a moment that demanded revolutionary change. His was a brilliant contribution, that unfortunately fell short in not addressing the money question seriously enough. But Pardy + Aberhart could be a force to be reckoned with!
As far as I know Quebec, in none of its independence endeavours, ever came close to distancing itself from the debt-money system that globally now enslaves us all, including the owners and controllers of this global financialised capitalist system, who naïvely believe are not themselves similarly ensnared.
You are right that he was the Governor of the Bank of England.
We're not all the same. Just trying my best
As an Albertan born and raised in the oil industry; I understand your semi-confusion about Alberta seperatism.
My husband, an accountant, and myself, a small business owner, can not understand the seperatist movement either. We went through the entire Tudeau the first episode and again the Trudeau the second and survied. There are many things that Easterners don't understand about the West and I believe that is just due to a lack of knowledge. proper education for us all< about Canada, is missing.
We in Canada do not give enough positive exposure to the good things of this country. We let the media post the negatives about oil and gas without the positives. Tide water access would be good for the East and yet Western Canadian Oil is deemed dirty oil while importing some of the dirtiest and signifigantly poorly politically produced oil to the East. Just one point not often making it to the news.
I am probably not making much sense, however, we do need more enlightenment in all parts of Canada.
While I appreciate you putting your opinion out there, this post shows how little you know about the alberta independence movement.
First off Carney was Governor of the Bank of England, not Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Secondly and more important, Albertans have a history of concerns that, in my opinion, speak more to want of freedom than want of income.
In 1935 the eyes of the world were quite literally on Alberta as William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party won a majority first time out, with the promise of fundamental monetary reform. It sought to remove Alberta from the clutches of international finance by issuing debt-free money backed by the infinite common wealth of the Province of Alberta. Though the endeavour failed - the Eastern mucky-mucks went insane, accusing Aberhart of treason - the die for an independent Alberta was cast.
In a recent round table three constitutional experts discussed what sort of constitution each would recommend for a sovereign Alberta. https://www.youtube.com/live/ljllDM_Y240. Of the three only Bruce Pardy, to my mind, captured what I believe the intent of that first Social Credit government was. Pardy argued in essence that it would be pointless to simply dicker with what we already have in insubstantial ways: that this was a moment that demanded revolutionary change. His was a brilliant contribution, that unfortunately fell short in not addressing the money question seriously enough. But Pardy + Aberhart could be a force to be reckoned with!
As far as I know Quebec, in none of its independence endeavours, ever came close to distancing itself from the debt-money system that globally now enslaves us all, including the owners and controllers of this global financialised capitalist system, who naïvely believe are not themselves similarly ensnared.