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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Let me answer that with a question....
If Texas voted to separate from the U.S., do you think the U.S. would allow it to happen? If Wales voted to separate from Britain, do you think the U.S. would support Wales over Britain?
The west has a way of sticking togething and supporting each other. In the case of Kosovo, you have a population with a different ethnicicity and language than the mother country, and an area that underwent genocide - and even that split the world community of whether or not it was legitimate seccession. With Alberta, you have no history of genocide and a culture homogenous with the mother country. If Kosovo set a dangerous precedent, then Alberta would set an even more dangerous one - one that would have severe implications in every country.
Face it, every country has regions that think the grass is greener on the other side. So I stand by my point that the international community would not recognize it because of the implications it would have on nearly every country,
It's all moot anyway. Quebec, which probably has an even stronger case for independence, has never been able to get more than 50% support in the own province. There was even a question then if the U.S. would support that.
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during the last referendum by Quebec it was revealed that Paris had already written up its recognition of a Quebec nation and were ready to announce it within hours of the final vote tally.
Precenents have already been set on the national scale due to the passing of the clarity act, it basically said that a province could leave confederation as long as there was a clear vote majority (not 50 + 1), and the question on the ballot was clear and not confusing.
So really, there is already a recognition that provinces can decide to leave if the conditions of the clarity act are met, there is a proper and decisive vote, and the new country negotiates in good faith the terms of the departure.
Our situation is quite different from the european ones. There is no threat of violence, there is really no different ethnic groups in Alberta that stand the risk due to nationhood.
I'm also sure that if Alberta was to decide to leave they would negotiate recognition from the Americans or Mexicans first, and they would have already informed and negotiated basic trade agreements with Sask or B.C.