Ship, not thy home @Nomadicvalue

Alberta should be very careful about trading real costs today for hypothetical market access tomorrow. A Pacific pipeline remains uncertain. But the carbon costs contemplated in the federal-Alberta agreement are very real — and they apply across Alberta’s existing production base. That is the part many people are missing. An independent Alberta will have no carbon taxes. LetAlbertaDecide.com

Alberta independence question Canada is stronger together Carney says Then he says Alberta will never get a pipeline without the pathways project carbon capture Without decarbonize oil, Alberta has nothing This guy is NUTS

Alberta’s problem is not our resources, our workers, or our ability to compete. Alberta’s problem is Ottawa policy. Carbon taxes and Net Zero costs make our oil, gas, and power more expensive. Independence is how Alberta gets free of those costs and restores prosperity. LetAlbertaDecide.com

Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal

a day ago

Alberta's oil production costs will rise to uncompetitive levels under Ottawa's MOU, study says edmontonjournal.com/news/canada/al…

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@mapleblooded Just wait for it. When things get unimaginably shitty, they'll all absolve themselves of voting for carney by defaulting to carney was actually a conservative in disguise all along, and that's why canada is in the dumpster. Then they'll vote for trudeau 2.0 again.

@coreyhoganyyc The MOU that carney is already reneging on? Remember, when they speak of "united," they never actually talk about what they would compromise on. "Unity" is shorthand for "get in line."

Alberta independence is not about turning inward. It is about turning outward — to the United States, to Asia, to the world — with the leverage to negotiate, build, export, and compete on Alberta’s terms. Brexit reduced one set of ties. Alberta independence would create the opportunity to strengthen the ties that matter most to Alberta’s future. LetAlbertaDecide.com

Energi Media @EnergiMedia

2 days ago

Thomas Lukaszuk says Canada should learn from Brexit. Separatism, he warns, can divide a country, damage institutions, and leave politics in shambles. #Canada #Alberta #Brexit #cdnpoli #abpoli

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@LordDSofCanada My bad!

@LordDSofCanada Please read my comment again. I was agreeing with you. The projection is from vote to stay. That's why they see "violent annexation" everywhere - it's what they would do if they have the chance.

In case you missed it, here’s the full press conference from last week’s launch Keith Wilson, K.C. and Tanya Clemens lay out why decades of reform have failed, why Canada no longer works for Alberta, and why Albertans should vote Option 2. Join us at LetAlbertaDecide.com.

Brexit chose further distance from their greatest trading partner (in exchange for greater self determination); a trading block which, even if they had prioritized it, is small with much fewer opportunities compared to the US. Alberta is choosing both self determination and *closer* cooperation with our greatest trading partner and the world's largest economy & consumer, the US. Ottawa has all kinds of trade frictions with the US that Alberta doesn't care about: their dairy cartels, the government propped up auto sector, Ontario's alcohol monopoly, the Liberal government's elbows up abrasiveness and authoritarian globalism. Alberta already has a better deal with tariffs than the rest of Canada; we can very likely make it even better without the unnecessary Eastern trade baggage. The UK voted to leave the EU, but then did virtually nothing to change course from all the EU's disastrous policies of stifling regulations, greater centralization, high taxes, insane deficit spending, less freedom of speech, open borders immigration (as per the chart I shared above), etc. Why would anyone want to relocate or start new businesses in that environment?? Alberta is the exact opposite: Alberta for almost a century+ has voted at *both* provincial and federal levels for the parties promising less regulation, less centralization, lower taxes, less deficit spending, more freedoms, and a rational immigration/border policy. Essentially greater free markets. That's what brings prosperity. The UK has little to no wealth of natural resources. Alberta has some the greatest natural resource wealth per capita on the planet. The list of divergences goes on. Brexit is not a similar corollary to Alberta independence besides that both are "leaving" and pursuing greater autonomy. So long as two regions have similar levels of safety, rule of law, etc; capital will nearly always flow mainly from the higher tax, higher regulated, less free market to the regions with more freedom and more free market. We see this both between countries (Canada to the US for example) and within countries (within Canada to Alberta, within the US to the freer Republican states).

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The Brexit analogy does not fit Alberta. Britain chose to loosen its relationship with its largest regional market: Europe. Alberta’s case is different. Our economy already points south. Our energy, agriculture, investment, and opportunity are deeply tied to the United States. Independence would allow Alberta to deal directly with our largest customer, instead of having Ottawa negotiate against our interests. LetAlbertaDecide.com

Western Standard @WSOnlineNews

2 days ago

WATCH: Prime Minister Mark Carney compares the Alberta independence movement to BREXIT. “It’s a dangerous bluff.”

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I LOVE IT when Pierre Poilievre comes to Alberta. He proves every time how harmful Canadian federalism is for Alberta. Notice he never talks about the 2 to 1 discrepancy in parliamentary seats between Alberta and the maritimes, the 10 to 1 discrepancy in dairy licences between Alberta and Quebec or the 16 Billion Alberta will send to Quebec this year. x.com/WSOnlineNews/s…

The "landlocked" worry about Alberta separatism assumes our neighbours will just refuse to trade with us, and that's not how trade works. Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg: all landlocked, all prosperous countries, because the world still wants what they sell. Alberta produces energy, food, and resources people line up to buy, and rail and pipelines already move them across borders every day. Geography decides the route, not the worth. Heard any other "Alberta could never" lines? Comment 'em below.

Those who support the status quo face no backlash, but challenging it invites aggression—lit cigarettes, spitting, name-calling. If you believe in the status quo, why not engage in open conversation and try to change minds, instead of shutting down dissent? #Alberta #Politics

@9781118555927_ @DavidStaplesYEG @edmontonjournal Stay campaigners have been threatening military action, annexation, taking the land back if Alberta leaves, some actually gleefull at the idea of war. You have a clip cut to be taken out of context. Give it a rest. There's only one side that's bloodthirsty, and it's not leave.

@ikwilson @ABDanielleSmith So is Alberta going to "claw back" on the carbon pricing, or are we just going to pay for nothing?

Carney government already clawing-back ‘MOU’ promises made to Alberta fraserinstitute.org/commentary/car…

@LordDSofCanada @VotetoStayAB Sounds like projection. For all the talk from the stay campaign about military, war, and "taking the land back" if AB leaves (shades of Putin), they clearly see things through the lens of involuntary annexation. It's where their mindset is.

@born_free63 Toronto Star, lying again. Obviously, carney voters never cared about their grandkids.

@ikwilson I'm actually kind of amazed at how little they're willing to budge on the issue, on how they refuse to acknowledge the issues, how they won't even pay lip service to solving them.