>>4231014According to wikipedia Alberta Gdp per capita is 70k and energy is 25% of jobs. Thats pretty strong. Thats why ontario taxes the fuck out of them. The united states gdp is 85% domestic, 7% nafta, 5% is uk, germany, japan, south korea, switzerland, india, 2% is east and west taiwan. If ocean access is required to make a country great then why is so little of usa gdp foreign? And why does alberta have a higher gdp than either saskatchawan or bc? Is it using military to guarantee oil? Because they have oil in alberta. And we need it, because theirs is heavy sour and ever since fracking took off ours is light sweet. So the refineries need SOMETHING to pay back the loans with how flooded with sweet we are. The price lowering from fracking may not have helped profitability but it seems we took venezuelas dogshit and its probably because its heavy.
This isnt about practical concerns, getting to decide your trade relationship with a giga economy like the US without the baggage and parasites of the east would actually make it easier. They will never ever declare independence because they feel a sense of patriotism and loyalty to the pedophiles running around in the east. Historically, quebec was razor thin to officially declaring it once. One percent off on an official referendum, after a recount because it was too close to tell. You need a cultural rift on the magnitude of a language barrier to actually get it done. It would take generations.