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Originally Posted by DJones
Why would their be new trade barriers? Are these provinces not seeing Trump? No politician should talk about tariffs and trade barriers for a generation after Trump haha
Where are these companies going to? Do they hate paying provinces more money instead of the feds? Why would they care in the slightest.
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Well I literally explained this to you in my post in anticipation of this response. So I'll try again more slowly
Quebec showed us, the threat of separation can drive companies like CP and BMO out. You do know that there are non O&G companies contributing to Alberta's economy right? You do know that oil companies can move the majority of their employees, wages, incomes, sales.... out without moving their operations out right? you've been on this board saying ridiculously naive things for days, so you must at this point on some level comprehend that more than 1 thing happens daily in this province. Tiny, and low population land locked countries with governments that dont listen to their populous are not all that attractive for business stability.
As the UK showed us, when you leave an economic union, there are new and sometimes unexpected trade barriers. Even without taxes, I used the word trade barrier very thoughtfully. You will need extra paperwork, and customs brokers, customs agents... it will just be hard and extra logistics costs added to everything. And we will literally only have direct access to 5% of the worlds population without even more complexity and paperwork and friction added to supply chains, by crossing more than 1 boarder. By many estimates the UK has been set back by £100B annually, and have 0 of the intermediate trade barriers we should expect to have getting what they trade out to non-neighboring countries (they also are not setup as a resource economy, so just less trade friction in general).
Men with their heads in the clouds really need to learn to look our for wells.