Background: Wexit, a movement for the secession of the provinces in Western Canada,gained national attention and visibility in the federal elections of 2019, boosted by socialmedia platforms.Analysis: This article explores #wexit interactions on Twitter as a Canadian digital issuepublic by analyzing the main actors spreading and controlling information and interactionsto see if the public Wexit conversation on Twitter engages in alt-right discourse andrhetoric.Conclusion and implications: The analysis shows how #wexit, as a Canadian alternativeto mainstream conservative movements, engages regional concerns and/or petroculturesabout “Western culture.”
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