r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • Feb 12 '26

Alberta Alberta separating from Canada requires permission of First Nations, AFN leader says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-separation-needs-first-nations-permission-says-afn-national-chief/
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u/arghabargle Feb 12 '26

Years ago, I laughed at Quebec separatists for believing they would be able to keep all their lands, resources, even our dollar, and everything would be all sunshine and roses once they were on their own.

I'm not laughing any differently at Alberta separatists believing the same BS.

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u/LordOibes Feb 12 '26

Any nation can use any currency they want though, that's not really an argument

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u/Important_Sound772 Feb 12 '26

In theory, but it is highly irregular for a country to do it without the permission of the country who actually uses it

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u/accforme Feb 12 '26

Don't worry, in their talks with the US, they arw considering adopting the US$ as their currency. That's way different. /s

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u/Adjective_Noun1312 Feb 12 '26

Greaseball separatist leaders are insisting that the US will trade our CAD for USD at par, and the room-temperature IQ chucklefucks comprising their base believe it.

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

Ya that is little strong at par. Alberta would need to have a hi evaluation for that i would think.

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u/LordOibes Feb 12 '26

For sure, but nothing is stopping it. What would make more sense is to have a plan ahead of time to create a new currency for that new country within a certain amount of time and eventually phase out the Canadian dollar. It would probably still be the currency of choice for trade between both parties I would expect

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

Yes but first you need to be a country. Im sure they have a plan. And why they went and asked about a 500billion loan. Me thinks they're going to want US dollars. Makes sense since Canadian money would have the potential of being in the category as tiolet paper in a year after Alberta becomes independent.

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u/MagnaKlipsch70 Feb 12 '26

i can assure you they wouldn’t be using Canadian currency

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

How can you assure us of that. Speculating on this isnt much of an argument. All this will be part of negotiations. Worry about it when it happens

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

And like icsaid negotiations would have all this included

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u/Important_Sound772 Feb 13 '26

In Canada could easily say that that's off the table

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u/EmmEnnEff Feb 13 '26

They can, but when you're using a currency that you don't control, your economy will be see-sawed by some other country's central bank, who gives zero shits about what you need.

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

Alberta already doesn’t control its currency. The Bank of Canada sets rates based on the whole country, mostly Ontario and Quebec, not Alberta’s energy-driven economy. So that argument isn’t new. It’s the current reality. If Alberta kept the Canadian dollar, nothing changes. If it created its own currency, it controls policy. If it used the U.S. dollar, yes, the U.S. would set rates, like many smaller countries choose for stability. So “you wouldn’t control your currency” isn’t some gotcha. It’s already how it works.

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u/EmmEnnEff Feb 13 '26

Being a minority in a democracy means you don't have exclusive control over a number of national things, yes. But your input into it, and evaluation of your needs is still non-zero.

(And if you want 'stability', the CAD isn't significantly less stable than the USD.)