The referendum is actually about having a referendum first.

"Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-separation-r...

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card_zero an hour ago | parent | next [-]

New Caledonia have been hesitating about independence the longest. In a referendum in 1958, they voted against independence from France. In 1987, they again voted against independence. In 1988, they voted to hold a referendum about independence in 1998. In 1998, they didn't hold that referendum, but instead voted their approval of a 20-year plan to transition to increased autonomy. In 2018, they voted against independence. In 2020, they voted against independence. In 2021, they voted against independence. In 2024, they had a crisis over disagreements about the rules about voting about independence.

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illiac786 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That made me laugh actually. What a good way of wasting taxpayers money and make people laugh at the same time.

More seriously: Why?

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userbinator 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Classic bureaucracy.

	▲	patcon an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No, it would be a waste to spend countless millions (nevermind the human capital of "attention") on the campaigning, without first validating that a true quorom of people even want to think about this, rather than a very vocal minority. It's a governance equivalent of saying "step up or shut up", and it's not stupid or wasteful You're too eager to label legit "governance" as bureaucracy imho