Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - As an Albertan, would you EVER support seperation from Canada?

tjinaz · 12-09-2005, 04:01 PM

If Alberta separated I am sure the US would love to make it the 51st state. Keep the Oil money, use the cash to subsidize healthcare and get equal representation in the US senate and Congress. US states have a pretty wide latitude in what they do with their own money. At a minimum the US would quickly recognize the government and have a draft NAFTA agreement in hand to keep the oil flowing to be signed by whoever was in charge.

At that point if any foreign Military tried to interupt the flow of Oil... well you saw what happened in Kuwait.

12-09-2005, 04:01 PM	#94
tjinaz Scoring Winger Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	Alberta the territory If Alberta separated I am sure the US would love to make it the 51st state. Keep the Oil money, use the cash to subsidize healthcare and get equal representation in the US senate and Congress. US states have a pretty wide latitude in what they do with their own money. At a minimum the US would quickly recognize the government and have a draft NAFTA agreement in hand to keep the oil flowing to be signed by whoever was in charge. At that point if any foreign Military tried to interupt the flow of Oil... well you saw what happened in Kuwait.