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Jack Mintz: There are reasons Canadians have flocked to Alberta and B.C.

Over the past 30 years Alberta has gained more than half a million people from other provinces. That's an advantage it should want to keep

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In the three decades following 1995, a recent Fraser Institute study notes, Alberta benefitted from a net inflow of 539,000 residents. This should give pause to Albertans thinking of voting for separation. Alberta’s dynamic growth has in part depended on having a large pool of labour. Putting up border controls could become a significant barrier to labour moving to the province.

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