Matthew Morin Calls Much of Alberta's Separatist Support a Protest Vote
Matthew Morin wrote a First Person column for CBC News about how the precarity of life today — and the feeling that those in charge don't care — fuelled his interest in independence. He thought much of the support for separatism in Alberta should be seen as a protest vote.
Alex Krull came home after a 12-hour shift at an oilsands mine to catch the referendum results. He was disappointed votes in favour of a binding referendum on separation didn't hit 33 percent, but still proud of everything the movement accomplished.
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Calling much of the support a protest vote keeps the grievance while dropping the border. The next argument becomes about policy rather than separation.
Alex Krull's disappointment is measured against a threshold: the vote for a binding referendum didn't hit 33 percent. If separatism was mostly a protest vote, why does the threshold matter?