Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark said she never thought she would see the day where Alberta would want to leave Canada. .“And that speaks to, Jay (Martin), I think the intense sense of alienation that people in Saskatchewan and Alberta are feeling now,” said Clark in a video. .“And I recognize that as a very human thing.” .The video starts off with Clark saying her father used to say Quebec always wants out, but Alberta wants in. Her father joked about British Columbia sitting by and being happy with where it is. .She said Canadian politicians are “trying to divide us on so many different issues, but especially around this invented conflict between protecting the environment and extracting resources.”.She added the Canadian government is setting provinces against each other. .The former premier went on to say people in parts of Canada are telling Western Canada they do not want their dirty oil and filthy resources. She said energy workers end up believing their way of life is disregarded. .Clark said these people feel like the dignity of their work is being downgraded. Most of all, she said these people “feel like the rest of the country is ungrateful for what Western Canada contributes to this country.” .“And I don’t think people want to keep on giving when they don’t get any thanks,” she said. .About one-fifth of Canadians in various provinces believe their jurisdiction would be better off joining the United States and becoming an American state, according to a February 1 poll done by Research Co. .READ MORE: Poll finds one-fifth of Canadians in select provinces want to become American state.The province with the highest proportion of people who want to turn into an American state is Alberta at 21%. .The proportion of Albertans who think their province would be better off as its own country fell to 26% this month, down seven points since June and well below the all-time high of 40% registered in 2019.
