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Originally Posted by puckedoff
I don't think separation would make it harder to get pipelines. If Alberta separated, we would have jurisdicition over BC shipping goods through our province to the rest of the country. It would get ugly for a while, but they would let us build a pipeline through BC in order to access the rest of canada without going around through NWT.
Plus, we would have money from not having to pay federal taxes / transfer payments.... I think we should at least float the idea to see if anyone in Ottawa cares/notices.
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Yeah, the leverage of "sorry, but everything CP and CN carry through Alberta pays a tariff now" would probably be enough to get a pipeline through.
I actually think even a credible threat of separation probably gets us a better deal. It's not like we're getting huge benefits from confederation now. We get to pay more than our share of the bill though, so that's nice...