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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
I didn't think you were being sarcastic until I saw the wink at the end. Sarcastic?
So what?
Being a Province of Canada allows all these people to have come to Calgary without ANY restrictions. No wait times, no approvals, no "sorry, your MD doesn't apply here". The free flow of people is drastically easier over provincial borders than internationally and if you're too ignorant to even consider what I said as being even remotely worth noting there's no point having a discussion.
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Why would their B.Engs. or MDs not be recognized here if Alberta separated or why would they not be able to cross the borders? That is a policy choice for the Alberta government, not related to the independence issue. The fact that Iranian engineers are or are not recognized here is a government policy, not an automatic product of Canadian independence. All I am saying is that all these people would still be able to come here regardless of whether we were part of the federation.
Thus to say that this is a benefit of being in Canada is somewhat artificial, as I would argue we would still be able to have this even as a separate country.
Plus, as PQ has helpfully demonstrated, the trick is not to actually separate but to demonstrate a credible enough threat to get a "good" deal...