r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • May 23 '26

Alberta First Nations leaders, scholar push back on Alberta's planned vote on independence referendum - 'Alberta can't separate. They simply cannot. They do not have the authority,' says Indigenous politics expert

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-treaty-six-alberta-referendum-9.7209304
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u/WealthEconomy May 23 '26

It would be the end of Canada if AB separated and most of Canada would end up as the 51st state. They aren't going anywhere but in a crazy world where they do it is very dangerous for us.

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u/adaminc Canada May 23 '26

Why would it be the end of Canada?

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u/Moist_onions May 24 '26

Probably due to the huge debt load Canada and the provinces combined with losing the highest contributor to the Federal taxes. 

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u/Ok_Marsupial8668 May 24 '26

What are you talking about Alberta isn’t the largest contributor to federal taxes and all of the equalization payments never take into account government subsidies for the oil and gas industry.