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Rob Breakenridge: The economics of Alberta separation would be disastrous for everyone

It would be costly for an independent Alberta, but also for the rest of Canada

There’s a level of irony in the deep admiration so many Alberta separatists harbour for our neighbour to the south.

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After all, there is no legal process for an American state to separate from the U.S. and, thus, such a movement could not exist there. Of course, the United States underwent a far messier and bloodier process before concluding that divorce shall forever be off the table.

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In our 159 years as a nation, we’ve never had any kind of a breakup. And while there is indeed a legal pathway that exists for a Canadian province to leave, there is no precedent.

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That doesn’t and shouldn’t leave us flying blind into a potential catastrophe. It’s reasonable to........

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