I predicted this months ago. The "stay" side will sell independence for us.
They have no compelling argument for Alberta to stay in this failed experiment called "Confederation". All they have is fear.
Well guess what? We're not scared.
“Just vote yes and we’re our own country.”
Cool. Here’s the actual to-do list you’d have to negotiate first
You’d have to settle:
→ Share of the national debt
→ Split of federal assets
→ Embassies & foreign property
→ Crown corporations
→ Federal pensions
→ Keep the loonie? Make a new currency?
→ Central bank access
→ Deposit insurance & banking rules
→ Foreign reserves
→ Citizenship & dual nationality
→ Passports
→ Free movement across the new border
→ Exact land borders
→ Maritime borders
→ Indigenous treaty rights (these don’t just transfer)
→ Whether Indigenous nations can stay with Canada
→ A whole new trade deal
→ Status under USMCA, CETA, CPTPP (not automatic)
→ Tariffs, customs, standards
→ Professional licensing across the border
→ UN membership (you re-apply)
→ Hundreds of treaties, renegotiated
→ Diplomatic recognition
→ NATO & NORAD membership
→ Splitting the armed forces
→ Military bases & equipment
→ Intelligence sharing (Five Eyes access)
→ Border security & the RCMP
→ Coast guard & airspace
→ CPP & pension portability
→ Old Age Security
→ Health transfers
→ Employment insurance
→ Pipelines & the power grid
→ Railways, highways, seaways
→ Shared rivers & water
→ Telecom & spectrum
→ Air traffic control
→ Tax systems & taxpayer data
→ Courts & appeals (no more Supreme Court of Canada)
→ Every federal regulator: food, drugs, aviation, broadcasting
→ Thousands of federal employees
→ …and what happens if talks just collapse
50% 1 creates a duty to negotiate — not a guarantee you get what you want, or that a deal even happens.
“Independence” is the easy word. That list is the actual job.