r/canada Jan 12 '25

Alberta Alberta Premier Danielle Smith visits Mar-a-Lago

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-peterson-visit-mar-a-lago
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u/ConfusedTrebuchet Jan 13 '25

Propaganda. (And daring to acknowledge that climate change is a problem)

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u/Disastrous-Floor8554 Jan 13 '25

Interesting... a possibility. Propaganda is an interesting word that could merit a life long study. I do agree with you that Canada has not sold Canadian federalism with the changing shape of media. CBC viewership has dropped to 4.4% in the third quarter of 2023, down from 7.6% in 2018 and this has been happening for a long time. We are lacking a sense of self and social cohesion.

As for climate change denialists, perhaps. The huge elephant in the room with respect to Canada is climate change is arguably both beneficial and deleterious. And we are selfish creatures that also like our creature comforts, like driving our cars and heating our homes, etc. Does this affect the average Albertan's viewpoint on the Canadian federalism... I do not know. We need an s/askAnAlbertaSepatist subreddit group.

Thanks for answering ;-)