# Alberta referendum October 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437 "2021-10-13T18:01:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437/22 "2021-10-20T16:00:15Z")

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> [@Grey](#):
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> So articulate discussion around what should be changed are great, but this is not that. This is a stunt to **placate** political factions. For some reason people weren’t paying attention to the Scottish referendum or Brexit. Or maybe they were and that’s more worrisome.

I would disagree with “placate” there; this was a stunt to rile up their political faction. What happens the next time anyone discusses transfer payments with these people?

“Hey, didn’t we vote to scrap those payments?!?! I thought we were a democracy! What’s next, is Trudope just going to give us to CHINA!?\>!?”

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