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Rick Bell: Here it is! Bombshell report on the costs of Alberta separating from Canada

The explosive report on Alberta separatism we've been waiting for

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It’s the look-see the Alberta government asked the University of Calgary to do. 

The good, the bad and the ugly of Alberta leaving Canada and the number crunchers are not picking sides.

It is not for the faint of heart. The mathematics of an independent Alberta is eye-opening.

The deep thinkers roll out two scenarios.

One is Alberta’s smooth exit from Canada. 

The other is a very difficult good-bye. 

Political Hack gets at what’s really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill. Wednesdays and Fridays.

They look at what could happen in the short run and the long run if Alberta goes it alone.  

In the smooth exit everything goes … well … smoothly with the rest of Canada and others. 

In the short term, less than five years after separation,........

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