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I hope your voice helps make albertans finally take this threat seriously. When we defeat them in Oct, then what? The damage they’ve done to AB society & the danger they pose to marginalized ppl will still be here b/c the UCP has emboldened them like Trump in the US.

Sylvester’s comments are too little, too late. Racism and discrimination are definitely part of the separatist movement.

The latest Angus Reid poll suggests that 60% of the UCP support separatism. Given last night's revelations it might be time to ask what percentage of the UCP are racist.

This vile thinking has been baked in for awhile. Almost a year ago at the Alberta Next panel in Lloydminster audience members were calling out, "Send them back." www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

The incident has caught the attention of knife-and-fork separatists who are scrambling to contain the damage.+

Thing is: the Alberta Prosperity Project is not some rogue actor. They are the largest organization within the separatist movement. And the comment at last night's town hall was by no means the first example of how they platform exclusionary views. Racism is a feature, not a bug.+

It's so depressing that we have to deal with this ignorance and racism. It's beyond frustrating. And to your excellent point, we can't give them credit for this kind of 'after the fact' messaging to look like heroes of decency. They put the mic in the racists hands. They didn't kick them out.

Alberta separatism has many faces, to be sure. But our research identifies it as a far-right populist movement at its core. Like other FRP groups, they are driven by making society smaller and more exclusive. Rhetoric to that end receives spontaneous applause at their rallies.+

it was disgusting. do you know who spouted it?

I think it was Mitch Sylvestre