It looks as though we’re going to have a vote on separation after all. That’s a good thing, because Albertans deserve this moment.

Finally, history will sit firmly in our own hands. Do we remain part of Canada or forge a different path as an independent nation?

Ballot questions don’t get any bigger than that, folks.

For almost its entire existence, our province has railed against the confines imposed by Central Canada. Most of the anguish revolved around our natural resources, which Ottawa has always figured it had a claim upon, even after the Constitution ruled otherwise.

A fight to keep the federal government off our land marks Alberta’s history. Whether it was wheat or oil, the battle was always the same. But never in the province’s 120-year existence have citizens been given the opportunity to decide for ourselves — do we stay or do we go?

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To again slightly misquote The Clash — our prime minister’s favourite band, which is probably the only thing Mark Carney and I have in common — if we stay, it could be trouble; if we go, it........

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