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We appreciate Danielle Smith’s stand against Ottawa. It was the best she could do. But Albertans were promised bold action: 1. An Alberta Pension Plan, 2. Real protections in the Bill of Rights for bodily autonomy after the disastrous Kenney tyranny days, 3. Getting Alberta's finances back on track, to put money back in Albertans' pockets. Instead, we got gutless MOUs, a Westminster-style referendum for a Referendum, more deficits, more debt, higher property taxes playing the shell game, and "Ottawa-first" carbon taxes A leadership review lets UCP members explore stronger paths to true Albertans First. #RenewalForAlberta #AlbertaRenewal #AlbertaProsperity #RestoretheWealth #RestoreAlberta #AlbertaFirst #NotOttawa

@alberta_cw The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

@JudyMaxB @jkenney @ikwilson The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

All @jkenney has in his arguments is why Alberta cannot leave. Why Liberal Canada must stop us. He has yet to present any viable legitimate plan or solution to change and improve upon Alberta’s relationship with Ottawa if we stay. @ikwilson on the other hand has repeatedly provided clear reasons why Alberta can succeed as an independent nation Now the @ATCAlberta he is leading and organizing will present a clear plan a path for success after we are independent, as Albertans prepare for Premier @ABDanielleSmith’s referendum on whether we should have a binding referendum on independence (you can kick that can down the road as far and as often as you want Danielle, we will relentlessly kick it right back to you)

@JudyMaxB @jkenney @ikwilson Dude did quit school? None of the arguments from @ikwilson can turn into reality because Alberta absolutely 100% goes broken! Bankruptcy! Fact!

From all of us here at The Breakdown… We would like to send a sincere thanks to the right wing echo chamber that tried to weaponize comments left on our Facebook page, which we haven’t had access to the moderation tools since July… (Long story, our listeners know) In no small part due to their bad faith escalation, we were able to work with Meta today in a way that was previously unavailable to us. And we now have full access to our main page back! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Wab for the win! He shows us how to handle Smith. Call her on her BS. All of it. All the time. Don’t let her get away with her attempt to warp reality.

@gilmcgowan The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

@THudson59618056 The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

The woman, Danielle Smith, who complains about Trudeau still to this day about harms to oil and gas is the same woman who purposely rejected up to $24Billion in renewable investments.

@THudson59618056 The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

It’s time to start talking about this @ABDanielleSmith

@myabradshaw78 The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

I absolutely love that Danielle Smith has Carney,Kinew and Guilbeault running scared. #DanielleSmith

@PaulCha94025901 The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

#ableg #abpoli

@jkenney The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

Of course it would not be in the commercial interests of the federal government to suspend shipments on Trans Mountain (TM.) But that’s not the point. The point is that in a worse case scenario, such as an Alberta unilateral declaration of independence (UDI,) Canada would have enormous leverage, including the ability to block Alberta energy exports. This is most obviously the case re: federally-owned TM. Apart from their ability to reduce or stop shipments, do you really think the federal or BC governments would continue to advance Trans Mountain optimization, which is currently the best bet that we have for increased egress? Do you really think the federal government would maintain its MOU commitment to support the construction of a de novo West Coast pipeline? Even if it wanted to, federal paramountcy over interprovincial pipelines, grounded in 92(10)(a) would cease to exist following secession, so BC governments could find ways to block operation or construction of pipelines going through their territory, with Alberta having no recourse to Ottawa. Currently all of our pipelines exports to the US pass through other Canadian provinces first. That includes the incomplete KXL route, which passes through Saskatchewan. Since the Republic of Alberta would be starting without an equivalent to the 1977 Canada-U.S. Transit Pipelines Treaty, Ottawa could also suspend the operation of those other pipelines, e.g. the Enbridge Mainline. Canada and BC could also extract further concessions (eg tolls or tariffs) in order to allow Alberta natural gas to feed into the growing number of West Coast LNG terminals. Separatists respond to these realities by saying “don’t worry - we’ll build pipelines to the US and export from there!” First of all, who is “we?” What companies are going to risk tens of $ billions to spend years building a new system of pipelines in the midst of such massive political and legal uncertainty, including the risk of a Biden style abrogation of pipeline permits by the US? Secondly, the separatists seem completely unaware that the left wing US West Coast governments have effectively blocked the export of carbon intensive fuels from their ports. That’s why US produced thermal coal is exported from the Port of Vancouver, BC. Strange but true: Canada’s West Coast ports are far friendlier to hydro carbon exports than West Coast US ports! All of this (and much more) effectively gives Ottawa the clear upper hand in prospective negotiations over everything, e.g.: -debt allocation; - valuation & sale of federal assets (such as military bases, RCMP facilities, federal lands, including airports, etc.;) - allocation of CPP assets; - continuation of OAS / GIS benefits; - termination of citizenship; - visa and work permit exemptions for Albertans travelling to Canada; - export access to the Canadian market; - partition of Alberta per the predictable demands of democratic majorities in Edmonton, Calgary, Indian Reserves & elsewhere;) - support for or blockage of Alberta’s accession to critical international bodies & treaties, like CUSMA, or IATA to allow for international flights, etc.; and - countless other issues. I agree that exercising its massive leverage in such a scenario would be damaging to Canada. But it would be far more damaging to Alberta. Whatever grievances Albertans have with Ottawa cannot be remedied by becoming a landlocked statelet. The vast majority of Albertans know this. It is beyond absurd that we are going to spend the next several months, and possibly years to come, arguing endlessly over this.

@jkenney The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

@Citizen004 Omg! You are so stupid! Shutting that down until this craziness stops isn’t better than losing it completely? You are smart!

Shutting down TMX is a point I've heard before and it's a stretch. Give up the tolls? Abandon stock for BC refineries? Vancouver is the countries largest port and Prince Rupert is Canada's sixth largest port with goods that need to cross Alberta. And Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to get grain and potash out. BC would be isolated if a deal wasn't reached. That's a point that has never landed with me. The interests to make a deal would be reciprocal.

@McDougallYYC The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

I believe Alberta is the best province, and Canada is the best country in the world. Please see my statement on the provincial referendum question.

@McDougallYYC The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

@ikwilson The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

Premier Wab Kinew may take comfort in knowing that the Jay Treaty has long recognized the ability of First Nations people to travel freely across international boundaries. In the event of Alberta independence, that important principle should continue to be respected, just as it is today.

@ikwilson The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw , the stupid @ikwilson and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

@kathleen_petty @markusoff The reality of the separation of Alberta that @ABDanielleSmith, @RajanJSaw and @UCPCaucus wants to hide from you.

Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith's leadership or change referendum question By @markusoff cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…