Alberta would require a standing army, reservists, and basic airforce... if only for civil unrest, natural disasters, terrorism, etc. While I agree with T99 and Resolute that we don't need a huge army, we need enough to deal with basic domestic issues. Anything above and beyond that, like Canada as it stands, we would likely be under the US security umbrella.
Of course, most of the equipment would be Canada's. Assuming Alberta gets saddled with 10% of Canada's National Debt on its way out... Alberta would also be deserving of 10% of Canada's infrastructure. (Same with Quebec, except up debt/assets to 25%) That means planes, tanks, trucks, guns, etc. The issue would be manpower, but I'd be willing to bet that would be easier to accomplish than some may think.
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