Alberta separation would be a disaster for both Canada and the U.S. — a landlocked independent Alberta couldn't ship oil without BC's cooperation, and foreign interference could easily manipulate the referendum process. Nearly 80% of Canadians oppose Alberta leaving, and even most Albertans aren't committed separatists. Destabilizing North America's most stable bilateral relationship would fracture defense, trade and intelligence-sharing arrangements that took decades to build.
Alberta has pumped over C$630 billion more into federal coffers than it ever got back — that money belongs to Albertans, not Ottawa. Sovereignty means full control over the world's fourth-largest oil reserves, lower taxes, faster pipeline approvals and direct trade deals on Alberta's own terms. A sovereign Alberta wouldn't be leaving its land; it'd finally be governing it.
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