Narcissus's Fruitless & Unhappy End
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a handsome youth who one day happened to see his own reflection in a pool of water and fell in love with himself. Naturally the relationship produced nothing. Unable to pull himself away from the pool, Narcissus eventually died of thirst and starvation.
I thought of Narcissus’s fruitless and unhappy end when I saw the news that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation today. Since becoming prime minister in 2015, Trudeau has embraced trendy globalist policies such as a carbon tax, mass immigration to Canada, and a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. When Canadian truckers protested the mandate in Ottawa in 2022, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act and froze their bank accounts.
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Elections Alberta validates Stay Free Alberta's successful Alberta independence petition
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta declared Stay Free Alberta's independence referendum petition successful on Friday after counting the petition's signatures and confirming that they exceeded the threshold required to trigger a referendum.
Friday's announcement comes after Elections Alberta combed through the petition's signatures and determined that, within a 95% confidence interval, Mitch Sylvestre's group obtained 222,597 signatures.
Stay Free Alberta's petition called for a constitutional referendum asking Albertans, "Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
The petition is now on hold, per a court ruling, as the Court of King's Bench conducts a judicial review to determine whether to reverse a court decision to quash the petition.
The Citizen Initiative Act requires that a petition have 177,732 verified signatures to be declared ...
