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Question about the AB petition to stay in Canada (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca to c/alberta@lemmy.ca

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It's my understanding that a referendum petition is about the phrasing of the question that's presented to go on the referendum ballot.

The pro-Canada group "won" the right to petition for their question to go on the ballot as they submitted before the anti-Canada traitors could. Basically, stay in Canada vs leave Canada.

Am I just an idiot, or is the safest thing for AB to do is not sign regardless of who is asking? If this petition gets enough sigs all it means is that this will be the question asked on the ballot for referendum instead of the leave question right? But if it fails, there won't be a referendum at all.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me this is being proposed as a petition to stay in Canada, but it's really a petition to trigger a referendum with "stay in Canada" as the question instead of "leave Canada".

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[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't pursuing the stay signatures still result in a referendum on separation? The safest thing to do is not sign either way, and there won't be a vote to separate at all. Everything I've read about it seems to mislead people into signing a petition to stay in Canada when it's actually a petition to call for a referendum.

[–] Binzy_Boi@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly good point. Wish I could say more on that, but reality is I'm actually not sure.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems manipulative and disingenuous. "Sign this if you support AB staying in Canada" when in reality it's "by signing this, if enough people sign, the question of voting on AB separation will go on the referendum ballot next year and this will be how the question is phrased". They're preying on patriotism to trigger a referendum.

[–] leastaction@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely not.

[–] leastaction@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is key: no, if we get enough signatures, the question "do you agree that Alberta should stay in Canada" goes to a vote, and regardless of the result, there is no second referendum as a result.