These conservative establishment writers say Alberta would have to rebuild arrangements that are currently in place within confederation.
But those arrangements are precisely the problem.
Ottawa has total control over trade, borders, banking, immigration, international agreements, federal environmental law, interprovincial pipelines and national energy policy.
Alberta may have some influence, but we do not have control over the decisions that affect us and our kids
The question is not whether Alberta receives some benefits inside Canada.
The question is whether those benefits are worth Alberta's permanent political minority status and condemning the next generation of Albertans to the dark and costly path of present-day Canada.