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> Governor of Alberta at the time had planned to cede to the US Ex-Albertan here: this is false, there has never been a plan to "cede to the US". It would be e

> Governor of Alberta at the time had planned to cede to the US Ex-Albertan here: this is false, there has never been a plan to "cede to the US". It would be extremely politically distasteful in Alberta to cede to the USA, such a plan would be political suicide. There have definitely been fringe movements for Albertan Separatism though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_separatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_separatism > Governor Premier. Premier leads the party that is elected to govern the Province.

TMWNN 4y ago
>Ex-Albertan here: this is false, there has never been a plan to "cede to the US". In 1990 the premier of Nova Scotia said that Atlantic Canada would have "no choice" but to join the US (<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-03/news/9002050757_1_newfoundland-premier-clyde-wells-meech-lake-quebec http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-03/news/900205075...>) if Quebec were to leave. Saskatchewan in both 1980 and 1995 evaluated the possibility of also seceding, and/or seeking US statehood (<http://web.archive.org/web/20140829140952/http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Secret+Romanow+group+mulled+secession/10148654/story.html http://web.archive.org/web/20140829140952/http://www.thestar...>), on the event of a "Yes" vote in the Quebec referendum those years, in part because "Atlantic Canada would be 'an island'". It would only have been prudent for some or all of the other provincial governments to have made similar plans in secret. >It would be extremely politically distasteful in Alberta to cede to the USA, such a plan would be political suicide. Are you so sure about that, after the last few years of Alberta/Trudeau 2.0 conflicts fueling the longstanding sense of Western alienation? Remember, Re Secession lays out a legal path for secession.
- elevaet 4y ago
  Yeah I'm sure about that. I mean never say never, but I would place a heavy wager on Alberta not ceding to the USA in the next 100 years. You're right that there is a strong anti-Trudeau, anti-Federal sentiment in the province, but that in no way implies a greater desire to be a part of the USA than Canada. Independence, and a union of the 3 prairie provinces into a separate nation? There's a slim possibility. A state in the US? No way.

TMWNN 4y ago

>Ex-Albertan here: this is false, there has never been a plan to "cede to the US". In 1990 the premier of Nova Scotia said that Atlantic Canada would have "no choice" but to join the US (<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-03/news/9002050757_1_newfoundland-premier-clyde-wells-meech-lake-quebec http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-03/news/900205075...>) if Quebec were to leave. Saskatchewan in both 1980 and 1995 evaluated the possibility of also seceding, and/or seeking US statehood (<http://web.archive.org/web/20140829140952/http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Secret+Romanow+group+mulled+secession/10148654/story.html http://web.archive.org/web/20140829140952/http://www.thestar...>), on the event of a "Yes" vote in the Quebec referendum those years, in part because "Atlantic Canada would be 'an island'". It would only have been prudent for some or all of the other provincial governments to have made similar plans in secret. >It would be extremely politically distasteful in Alberta to cede to the USA, such a plan would be political suicide. Are you so sure about that, after the last few years of Alberta/Trudeau 2.0 conflicts fueling the longstanding sense of Western alienation? Remember, Re Secession lays out a legal path for secession.

elevaet 4y ago
Yeah I'm sure about that. I mean never say never, but I would place a heavy wager on Alberta not ceding to the USA in the next 100 years. You're right that there is a strong anti-Trudeau, anti-Federal sentiment in the province, but that in no way implies a greater desire to be a part of the USA than Canada. Independence, and a union of the 3 prairie provinces into a separate nation? There's a slim possibility. A state in the US? No way.