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Originally Posted by Slava
And let’s say that the decision is made and somehow a referendum is won. The National Parks and Treaties predate Alberta. So now you get to have a fight about what piece of land is actually seceding. I’m sure that when that gets acrimonious and spiteful that the surrounding countries are definitely building pipelines across their territories for you!
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Yeah there is zero chance Alberta walks away with the national parks. There are also issues like establishing a currency, replacing the billions of dollars they receive in federal transfers each year, setting up their own immigration/border agencies, and the big one: figuring out how they get those precious resources to market.
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the vast majority of energy exports destined for the US pass through other Canadian provinces first. Do they think those provinces, which will then be an entirely different country, will just allow that to happen without some significant benefit coming their way?
Basically, anyone who seriously thinks Alberta should separate either hasn’t thought about it AT ALL or worse: has thought about it, which makes them a complete idiot.
AlsoI find the idea of people who want to separate but DONT want to join the US being held up as this more reasonable idea is kind of hilarious. That is, objectively, the worst possible path they could take.