On issue after issue, separatists just wave their magic wand to wish away serious problems with secession.
Myth: “Federal lands and federal building (sic) don’t add up to much”
Fact:
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Waterton National Park
- Elk Island National Park
Together encompass 53,860 sq KM, or 8.2% of Alberta’s land mass
- CFB Cold Lake
- CFB Suffield
- CFB Wainwright
- CFB Edmonton
Together encompass ~12,000 sq KM, or 1.9% of Alberta’s land mass
- 138 Indian Reserves encompassing 6,556 sq KM, or 1% of Alberta’s land mass
- YEG and YYC airport lands, encompassing 49 sq KM
Plus hundreds of other parcels of land, buildings, etc, much of it prime downtown property (eg armouries, RCMP facilities.)
So ~12% of Alberta’s land mass, including some of the most valuable and strategically important in the province. The total value would be in the tens of billions of dollars.
But don’t worry, the separatists say. No biggie. We’ll just keep saying “Canada sucks” and stuff, cause facts are hard.
Federal lands and federal building don’t add up to much considering the big picture
When Alberta no longer pays for the equalization payments to Canada then the cost for federal buildings and lands will be paid for in no time.