Ok it's a silly notion. Just off the top of my head
a) Exports aren't representative of an entire economy.
b) Alberta produces more than just oil and gas, if we're going down the economic argument, why not use the macro picture and apples to apples to really see who needs who (we need Canada).
c) Our debt is projected to be crippling, paying for major infrastructure expenses like roads or bailouts during emergency situations (Fort Mac?) require federal help
d) We don't have an army, and couldn't form a good one
e) The pipeline issue still remains a problem, but now a harder one because it's different countries we're negotiating with and we've just supremely pissed off the country that surrounds 3/4 directional borders
f) The vote would never pass
g) It's not only about 'who needs who' more from an economic perspective, and the childish application is laughable
h) we would need to establish major trade benefits we see through Canada and we'd probably get brutal deals in the process because we have no leverage
I'm sure there's like 40 more reasons it's a horrible idea that I'm missing, but it's late. Do we set up our own currency? I assume it'd be a terrible, brutal dollar and we'd be in some kind of horrendous trade deficit...
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