# Canadopers: fall federal election\[!\]

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 12, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-fall-federal-election/948485 "2021-08-12T01:53:48Z")\
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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 27, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-fall-federal-election/948485/595 "2021-10-27T13:28:43Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> So they did vote in favour, and now Mr. Kenney has a mandate to go to Mr. Trudeau, and say, “Albertans want change to equalization in the constitution. Let’s get started.”

That isn’t their plan. As I said in the Alberta Referendum thread:

> [@Alberta referendum October 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437/22):
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> 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?
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> “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!?\>!?”

And hey, take a look at this post on Reddit:

[https://www.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/qgnf91/not\_photoshopped\_kenney\_is\_trying\_to\_project\_an/](https://www.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/qgnf91/not_photoshopped_kenney_is_trying_to_project_an/)

Tag line: “Thank you to all Albertans who said “Yes” to a fair deal from Ottawa!”, over a picture of Kenney “talking tough” to Trudeau.

Called it.

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