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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yeah, this isn’t some shocking revelation. Around 30 per cent of Albertans have always blamed everything on Ottawa. It’s true today, it was true 20 years ago, it was true 40 years ago. It’s just part of the culture and upbringing of some Albertans. Current events have very little influence on such ingrained attitudes.
And even that 3 in 10 number is mostly venting. If separation was on the table in a tangible way - lose Canadian citizenship, watch half the companies and hordes of skilled workers leave the province, economic turmoil and uncertainty, the defiance of indigenous groups and legal battles over the lands and resource they have the rights to - few of them would have the stomach to see it through.
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Why would Alberta be any different that the UK or Quebec? Separatists don't think about or don't care about such consequences.