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Neural Foundry's avatar

Compelling case for institutional continuity. The Continuity of Laws Act approach is pragmatic and addresses one of the biggest anxieties people have about secession. What's interesting is how provincial capacity has quietly grown to near-sovereign levels without most people realizing it. I worked in provincial government briefly and the Treasury functions alone were surprisingly sophisticted. The gap between current capacity and full sovereignty is narrower than the public discourse suggests, though trade negotiations and border managment would still be complex in practice regardless of how simple they sound on paper.

Colin MacLeod's avatar

Agreed. Thanks for commenting. Trade + borders are in everyone’s interest, so while complex, at least both are motivated to build.

John Walker's avatar

The national debt is now $2 TRILLION dollars and growing which is the equivalent to $60,000 for each Canadian ….. with this guy Carney’s green out of control spending. Colin….. would Alberta tell Carney to “shove” his dept … up his rectum, where it truly belongs and thereby giving Alberta a fresh start?

Just Me's avatar

Like a typical Canadian, there is no mention of the military - a necessary institution for a sovereign state. Currently serving military in Alberta are minimal, are from other parts of Canada and sworn allegiance to the Crown (Canada). No, Alberta does NOT have all institutions in place for sovereignty.

Colin MacLeod's avatar

1st sentence of my previous reply.

Colin MacLeod's avatar

Alberta will require defence pacts, certainly. Most likely with our southern neighbour, largest customer, whose interests are aligned. We would need a small militia, something like a Montana National Guard, to put symbolic boots on the ground when required, such as a natural disaster.

Just Me's avatar

Military isn’t there for natural disasters. It’s a necessity for a sovereign state to be able to defend its borders. If a sovereign Alberta wants to remain sovereign and not be annexed by the U.S. or Canada (or China) it needs a credible deterrent. I don’t mean to be rude, but this is a typical naive Canadian idea, i.e. the military are NOT peace-keeping boy scouts.

John Walker's avatar

The first step would be to get rid of 2 USELESS and EXPENSIVE bureaucracy…being that . of the Monarch.

Feeding taxpayers money into a Governor General and a lieutenants governor, no less…, into these to. bureaucracies,….that no nothing, have ZERO authority…… is STUPID

Colin MacLeod's avatar

Agreed John. One step at a time.