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Either you love Canada or you don’t: Kenney rebukes separatists
Jun 19, 2020 | 12:13 PM
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EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is delivering a sharp rebuke to would-be Alberta separatists by saying “either you love your country or you don’t.”
Kenney says he understands frustrations felt by some Albertans with the federal government and the province’s role in Confederation, but adds there’s no such thing as qualified patriotism.
He also says threatening to leave Confederation is an empty threat because there’s no evidence the majority of Albertans want it.
He also says it’s foolish economically, given that the uncertainty surrounding Quebec’s separatist intentions in the late 1970s led to businesses fleeing the province en masse.
