They want you to believe there's no hope. Look at the referendum results. Even the (badly worded and misleading) questions that Alberta voted in ways that hurt our province, the outcome was close, even in most of the most backwards and disconnected rural counties. Nearly half the province, doesn't want this. Yes, half our neighbours are clearly insane. Half aren't. We were 4 ridings from having an NDP government last Election, and people were a lot less angry at the UCP then. I know how easy it is to see only obstacles, but you still have neighbours who are willing to stand with you and support you. We're just struggling to connect and be heard because the powers that be are using every dirty trick in the book to keep us divided and alone.

There. Is. Hope. Smith et al. win when we stop believing that. Canada means community. Like literally, that's approximately the literal translation. We can do this if we work together. That's what it means to be Canadian.