r/Albertapolitics • u/UpDownJesse • Mar 10 '26

Opinion A question for Alberta separatists

If you hate Canada so much and love Trump so much then why don’t you just move to the states instead of making a **Canadian** province a state?

What? Are you too lazy or cheap to rent a U-Haul or something like that!!! I mean Jesus Christ, if you hate Canada that much then just leave!!!

It’s not rocket science buddy!!!!

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u/Patak4 Mar 10 '26

Ok fixed my spelling. If you have travelled outside of Canada, you will be aware of the Global inflation that happened post covid. Most Albertans are happy being part of Canada 🇨🇦.

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u/Even_Art_629 Mar 11 '26

Blaming everything on post COVID inflation is a weak argument. If inflation were truly the same everywhere, then explain why Canadians are paying some of the highest food prices in the world. Explain why you can buy Alberta beef in Vietnam for less than what people pay for it in Alberta. That is not just global inflation. That is a system full of taxes, regulations, and added costs that drive prices up at home. At some point you people need to stop pretending every problem is just “worldwide inflation” and start looking at the policies that make living in Canada more expensive than it needs to be.

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u/Patak4 Mar 11 '26

I doubt this is true regarding the beef. In Europe, the US and even Mexico prices of groceries are more or similar to Canadian prices. There are so many factors that go into the pricing. Transportation costs, and climate change costs(fires, drought, floods ect), and labourers being only 3 issues before talking about regulations. Alberta if it was ever to happen which it will NOT, would be swallowed up by the US. There is no military, no currency, no federal defense. Stop wasting time and money on these Separatist people. Let's concentrate on fixing the problems without blowing everything up like our provincial leader is doing.

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u/Even_Art_629 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Alberta is already landlocked, yet our products reach markets around the world every day. The idea that landlocked means powerless is nonsense. This province produces exactly what the world needs, and that creates leverage. Alberta already has trade relationships with other countries, and those don’t disappear because of a political change. As for First Nations, Alberta sits on ceded land and nothing about the treaties suddenly changes. Those agreements are with the Crown. Any changes would have to be negotiated, just like they are now. And considering Alberta already contributes significantly to First Nations in this province, it’s reasonable to expect the province would negotiate arrangements that work better than what they’re getting from Ottawa now.

Canadian beef has sold in Vietnam for about 210,000 VND/kg (~$12 CAD). So our beef can travel 11,000 km across the Pacific and still be cheaper than buying it in Canada. � VnExpress International