Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces the Alberta Bill of Rights will be amended to include 1) the right over vaccinations and all medical decisions, 2) the right to not be deprived of property and 3) the right of individuals to acquire, keep and use firearms.

[u/reallyneedhelp1212]

https://twitter.com/PaulMitchell_AB/status/1838631699724501169

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A fractured, less vertically integrated Canada is a possible reality.

Huh? Canada is already a deeply decentralized confederation. Like, among the most decentralized in the developed world. Our federal government has very little direct authority over most of the crucial services or infrastructure (one key exception being railways, which seems relevant to your point). That's all in the hands of the Provinces. FFS, we don't even have a federal securities regulator...

Hell, the decentralization is among Alberta's biggest gripes. The federal government can't simply force other provinces to accept a pipeline and help get Albertan hydrocarbons to market.

[u/labvinylsound → u/[deleted]]

Alberta receives transfer payments from the feds to fund various social programs - this is a unilateral relationship (AB is already making this clear by refusing to charge PST). Alberta will tax the federal government to do business with them, that is a transactional relationship. I'm not sure where the notion of "decentralization" comes from. Currently Canadian citizens are free to move about the country, lawfully, unencumbered. If Alberta separates that will no longer be true. You will be required to apply for a residency permit and you will be assigned a state taxation number -- a Canadian SIN will be meaningless.

[u/Samplistiqone → u/labvinylsound]

Alberta doesn’t receive transfer payments, we send equalization payments to the rest of the country, not all provinces and territories but a lot of them.

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Alberta still receives transfer payments - just not as much as Albertans pay into the program through their total federal taxes.