Begin commentary on the Alberta separation referendum vote and state current public opinion on the whole separation situation. On what side are you on, canada or alberta? Predict an outcome and suggest new name for the separatists.
A real question from a BBN viewer. Our fictional anchors answer it, then inevitably take it too far.
On air: Dale Bearman and Hank LedgerAired
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Hank LedgerA viewer on bbn.live asks us to comment on Monday's Alberta vote, give the public mood, pick a side, predict the result, and rename the separatists.
Hank LedgerThe vote on October nineteenth only asks whether to start the legal process toward a binding referendum.
Hank LedgerLeger finds seventy percent of Albertans want to stay in Canada, up from sixty-five in August.
Dale BearmanOnly twenty-two percent want to begin that process, and seven percent are undecided.
Dale BearmanThat is a secret army, Hank, and I bet they have excellent snacks.
Hank LedgerTwenty-two percent.
Dale BearmanExactly how it started in two thousand nine, with a minority and a casserole.
Dale BearmanCTV says Abacus found fifty-six percent think the vote shouldn't even happen, and only forty percent trust both sides to respect the result. A cold front of mistrust has moved in, and I am delighted.
Hank LedgerMy side is whichever one lets me go to bed.
Hank LedgerThe polls point to Canada, but the actual result and the aftermath are unknown, so any prediction is a guess in a windbreaker.
Dale BearmanTheir new name should be the Prairie Doom Brigade. Or Oilageddon. Or the Last Toque Standing.
Hank LedgerThe Twenty-Two. Seven more are still deciding, so Monday's polling place might need a bigger snack table. Ask us anything at bbn.live.
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