Prime Minister Carney's message on Thanksgiving - Prime Minister of Canada
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This weekend, Canadians are gathering with family and friends for Thanksgiving. It’s a chance to slow down, reflect – and give thanks. Give thanks for who and what you value most in your life. And it’s a chance to give thanks for Canada. For the rights, freedoms, and opportunities that we all enjoy. For the education, the health care, the security that we have – because we are Canadian. This year, Thanksgiving is a bit different. A week from today, Albertans will have the opportunity to make an important decision about their future. Whether to remain part of Canada or begin a long and uncertain process through which Alberta could separate from Canada. Now, I have some perspectives on this choice. I grew up in Alberta. I went to school right here in St. Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton. I’m back home a lot these days because we are building big things again in Alberta. Thousands of new homes. High-speed rail. A new pipeline to the West Coast that will create lasting opportunity and prosperity for hundreds of thousands of people – in this province and across the country. In fact, we’re building across Canada at a speed and scale not seen in generations. Canada is working.
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