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Alberta senator denounces referendum questions targeting migrants

Original: Alberta doesn’t have an immigration crisis - but it surely faces an economic crisis, if the government succeeds in chasi

A Canadian senator has criticized Alberta's government over referendum questions she says scapegoat migrants and could drive immigrants and investors away from the province. Speaking in the Senate, she argued Alberta faces no immigration crisis but risks a self-inflicted economic one if the province continues along this path. The remarks are drawing attention to debates over provincial immigration politics.

Why now: An elected senator publicly accused the Alberta government of scapegoating migrants, fuelling ongoing debate over immigration policy in Canada.

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• Alberta doesn’t have an immigration crisis - but it surely faces an economic crisis, if the government succeeds in chasing immigrants and investors away with its racist referendum questions. In the Senate last night, I rose to denounce the scapegoating of migrants, to tell some… · Paulatics@mstdn.ca · 145

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