Laurier students organize talk about separatist movements

With talks about separation recently with the Alberta referendum and now in Quebec, people may be confused because that is a lot to unpack. Now students at the Wilfrid Laurier University are putting together an expert panel to help people understand more of this conversation. It's the idea again of bringing in these different provincial conversations together. We want to see what Canadian unity means outside of the provinces. So in Ontario, Like I mentioned, it's more of an Ontarioistic perspective. So we think about how it impacts us within our province, within our borders. But we don't necessarily take into perspective what it would mean for Alberta to become more separatist. What does that mean for Albertans? How do they feel about this? And how could we all meet each other in the middle? And what would that look like for us as Canadians on a federal level? Our discussion today is going to be about provincial. Autonomy in a time of Canadian patriotism and Canadian nationalism. We are having three experts come in to speak about it. We are in unprecedented times right now with everything that's going on just south of the border. And we do really need to pull together as a country. But that means addressing concerns that our fellow Canadians have. It's open for everyone to come. It's actually encouraged for everyone to come. We want to see what... Different conversations from different backgrounds would look like, so whether you're a student, a community member, an academic, a non-academic, because each and every single one of us has their own unique background. We have diverse ideas, diverse opinions, and that's what this dialogue is all about. We want to hear from different people, know their different perspectives, and be able to kind of bridge that gap together.