Kevin

To the people of Alberta, I hear you. I really do. The frustration is real. Feels like your province carries more than its share and still gets brushed aside. Watching decisions come out of Ottawa that feel completely disconnected from your reality, your work, your way of life. That kind of anger does not just appear out of nowhere. But I want to talk to you honestly, not like a politician, more like someone who actually cares how this plays out for you. Separation sounds good at first. It feels like control. Like finally getting to call your own shots. But the day after a yes vote, reality kicks in, and it does not wait for anyone to catch up. Suddenly, the markets you have always had full access to is no longer guaranteed. You are on the outside trying to negotiate your way back in. Those trade relationships took decades to build. They do not just reset overnight because Alberta wants them to. Then there are the everyday things people do not think about right away. Pensions. Passports. Federal funding that helps keep hospitals running and infrastructure moving. None of that disappears instantly, but all of it becomes uncertain. And uncertainty is not just a political word. It shows up as companies holding back, investments slowing down, costs going up, and people wondering what the next few years actually look like. And this is not something that gets sorted out quickly. Look at Quebec. Decades of referendums and constitutional fights, and they never even left. Look at Scotland. Serious economists were saying it could take at least ten years just to stabilize, and they still voted no. Alberta would not be simpler. If anything, it would be more complicated. Resource rights, land, debt, pensions, borders. None of that has a clean or fast solution. This could stretch across ten, fifteen years or more. That is a big chunk of your life. That is kids growing up in the middle of uncertainty. That is businesses trying to plan without knowing what the rules will even be a few years down the line. The people voting yes in a moment of frustration are not always the ones who have to live with that uncertainty long term. That part never makes it onto the slogans. And here is the thing. Alberta is not powerless in Canada. Not even close. You have one of the strongest economies in the country. You have leverage. You have a voice that can carry weight when it is used properly. Being ignored does not mean you walk away. It means you push harder. It means you force your way into the conversation and refuse to be sidelined. You deserve better. That part is not up for debate. But leaving does not fix the problem. It replaces it with a much bigger, much riskier one. Separation is not a fresh start. It is a long, expensive, uncertain road. Stay. Push harder. Demand more. And win the argument from a position of strength, not from the outside looking in.

This is the future of Canada: Alberta leaves. Québec as well. Saskatchewan follows. The NWT joins Alberta. Yukon too. Nunavut follows. Rural BC chooses Alberta. Vancouver chooses Singapore option. Newfoundland remembers they used to be a country and that they have oil. A weakened and obsolete Canadian rump state remains.

If the referendum succeeds... In fact, negotiations start today. 1. Alberta will assume all the national parks to belong to nation of Alberta, and will assume all the management o them. 2. Alberta will assume all the military bases as National Alberta property, but allowing canada armed forces to operate and manage those bases, as on leased land, for $1.00 per year. 3. Alberta will assume responsibility for the reserves, improve their access, their health care, their education, their water supply. 4. Alberta will no longer send any taxes to Ottawa. 5. Alberta will not assume any federal debt, since Alberta has not contributed to the debt, paying in billions more to canada than it has received back in services. 6. Alberta will assume the national Alberta Pension Plan, taking over the appropriate level of reserves from CPP under the formula of how much Alberta taxpayers have paid in vs how much they have taken from the CPP reserve. 7. Alberta will enter trade agreements with Canada which ensure continued open borders for freight and passengers, under the guarantee of freight and pipelines providing access to international markets across canada. 8. Alberta will negotiate mutual defense agreements witih Canada. 9. Alberta will assume all Old Age Security, Health Care, Seniors Benefits presently available from canada. 10. Alberta will develop a new national anthem and a new flag (together with Saskatchewan, if Saskatchewan also joins). 11. Alberta will set its own conditions and limits to protected areas and parks. 12. Alberta will set its own standards for gun control, ghg emissions, vehicle licensing, and property rights. 13. Alberta will develop its own constitution, including developing its own governmental/legislative system, with the proper checks and balances. (If Saskatchewan joins in, then this will be done jointly.) 14. Alberta will set up its own police force, as well as operational agreements with canadian and american policing in the case of trans border crimes. 15. Alberta will reinforce its international trade offices, and expand them. 16. Alberta will join NATO, and will set its own standards and conditions with regard to UN, WEF, Pacific Trade Agreements, and North American Trade Agreements.

Do you think British Columbians will throw the NDP out of office next election?