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- Feb 4, 2018
My theory is that a lot of the members of those subreddits were originally people from Quebec and Ontario. Who left their shitty provinces but still hold on the same ideas that destroyed their old provinces. They basically want to benefit from western provinces while despising them at the same time. Similar to immigrants that remain loyal to their 3rd world shitholes despite leaving them. (I know this too well, I'm chinese canadian and I've met many other chinese canadians that still admire the PRC despite living an ocean away from the "motherland," including ones who weren't even born in china)
Especially with Alberta, the province has almost always gone conservative and the one time we elected the NDP we realized our mistake immediately, unlike eastern canada, who keep electing liberals. They refuse to believe that the one province that has almost always gone conservative could be better than the "post-national paradises of quebec and ontario"
The Alberta NDP only took power because of a split in the Conservatives. They governed well, but decided to fall on their sword by shifting towards talking nearly exclusively about unpopular federal politics.
The reborn United Conservatives then shifted to being an even more Conservative and potentially secessionist party.
This all happening while Alberta takes in the most immigrants of any province. The paradox being that many immigrants are simultaneously socially conservative (anti troon/free drugs for homeless), pro secessionist and even anti immigration.
The province probably has the most extreme Conservatives and most extreme progressives in Canada.