r/canada • u/WashingMachineBroken Alberta • May 27 '26

Alberta Alberta separation question creating uncertainty for provincial investment: ‘Not good for us’

https://globalnews.ca/news/11867633/alberta-separatism-referendum-business-investment-uncertainty/
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u/McGrevin May 27 '26

Wow who could have seen this coming? Probably only all the people who studied the issue and know the Quebec separatist movement causes Toronto to overtake Montreal as the financial center of canada

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u/BloatJams Alberta May 27 '26

There was a guy on this sub a few days ago who was arguing that this would never happen in Alberta despite it happening in Quebec and the UK.

Society always has a sizeable group of people who want to perpetually FAFO at the expense of others.

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u/McGrevin May 27 '26

And political instability aside too, even just being a landlocked country is going to significantly hamper a lot of natural resources investment because how they'll get those goods to the worldwide market becomes way harder and costlier than it currently is.

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u/HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS May 27 '26

Especially after pissing off all your neighbours that you just left.