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Residents of Alberta seem to be the most open to the concept of Canada joining the US as a new state, an idea US President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated over the past couple of months.

A new poll conducted by Research Co. on tariffs in Canada asked whether respondents were on board with the notion of initiating a formal process for Canada to become an American state, and Alberta led the pack in being the most responsive to it.

Alberta leads Canada in support of joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alberta leading in support for Canada becoming a US state declares the clickbait headline writer describing a poll that shows Alberta is 90% opposed to it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not 90% opposed, 81. 1 in 5 Albertans are okay with it -- that's terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

90% is just a guess since that apparently wasn't the question that was asked, but with only 12% willing to confidently say they'd at least consider it getting to 1 in 5 "okay with it" is quite a stretch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine the Saddledome completely sold out. This means 2,315 of those people want to 'definitely consider' and 1,350 would 'probably consider' joining the United fucking States.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Huge bench clearing brawl in the making

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

'Consider it' = "support" now? BS article is BS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Alberta leads Canada in support of joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”

The difference isn't with the word "consider".

It is between the words "definitely" and "probably" ... and adding those two percentages means almost 20% of Albertans are OK with becoming American.

That's cool. They can move if they want. Lots of other citizens would welcome the opportunity to buy their homes/acreages.

But the land and oil stay with Canada.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Those Canadians either don't know or don't care about paying $300 to see a general practitioner. Each time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"Residents"

You've got a bunch of illegal Texans voting in your elections, AB.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So even in the province most in favour, they can't scrape together 20% of the population that thinks this might be a viable option. Talk about nothingburgers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Bro, 20% of your province wanting to join a fascist state is a problem.