About this episode

Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips discuss the campaign to keep Alberta in Canada and strategize on voter engagement as the referendum approaches.

Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the increasingly crowded campaign to keep Alberta in Canada and ask whether anyone has the money or the nerve to run the air war the referendum may require. Then they strategize what the federal government, the NDP, organized labour and the various pro-Canada campaigns should actually be doing with just weeks left to reach voters. Can Canadian flags become a national unity organizing tool? Will No to the Nine hold together once voters start reading the individual questions? And has Carter finally escaped the same 2,000 people, or just ordered 4,000 signs for them? Zain Velji, as always, picks the questions and keeps everybody in line. Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, and access to our exclusive Discord. https://www.patreon.com/c/strategistspod You can also watch our episodes on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@strategistspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Stephen Carter, Shannon Phillips

Topics covered

• Alberta politics
• referendum
• national unity
• campaign strategy
• voter engagement

Keywords

• Alberta
• Canada
• referendum
• NDP
• voter engagement
• national unity
• campaign strategy

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NDP, YouTube

Places: Alberta, Canada

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