Alberta is on the verge of reshaping the Americas in a historic fashion. I am more convinced than ever that Alberta will within the next decade secede from Canada and become a new sovereign nation. While an independent Alberta is not going to be an anarcho-capitalist paradise, she will likely be the most economically free nation on the planet. One cannot overstate how profoundly Wexit is set to echo across the world and inspire more initiatives for decentralization.
As explained this week by retired physician Dennis Modry on Unscrew the News, there is likely already majority support for independence. This is not immediately obvious because of intimidation and self-censorship. Fears of vindictiveness are not without basis, given the Trucker Convoy’s experience with political persecution. Some Albertans no doubt resist revealing their views to pollsters, but support is still in the 40–50 percent range on surveys.
Typically, the more someone becomes educated on the issue, the more he is likely to support secession. However, there are some who will drag their feet even when they are aware. Many Ottawa loyalists have the very same information and yet stridently oppose Alberta independence.
Why is this?
A year ago, I was promoting my book on Unscrew the News—the host has become a dear friend now—and we came to an epiphany. Canadian progressives at the top are well aware of how the Canadian Pension Plan is a pay-as-you-go Ponzi scheme with gargantuan unfunded liabilities (conservatively estimated at more than CAN$1 trillion). Further, they realize that Albertans could exit and cut their CPP taxes by 40 percent. The CPP tale is analogous to Canada more broadly, especially with regards to so-called equalization: Alberta would benefit immensely from removing Ottawa’s shackles.
Progressives residing in Alberta, however, resist independence because it would clip the wings of lawmakers in Ottawa. Canadian progressives are devoutly wedded to (1) redistribution for egalitarianism and (2) social engineering to overthrow what they deem to be the evils of the patriarchy and Western Civilization.
In the case of the CPP, Albertans pay a disproportionate amount of the taxes, enabling redistribution away from the most productive province. Ottawa then turns around and invests the money irresponsibly in costly ESG (environmental, social, governance) initiatives. ESG is flagrantly designed to manipulate companies towards various anticapitalist causes.
Fortunately, most Albertans do not wish to be fleeced to prop up have-not provinces or pay for ESG schemes. That is why open dialogue is crippling to the loyalists’ case. They do not wish to see more awareness or assertiveness from Alberta, and they invest about CAN$2 billion annually in the CBC and other regime media. Albertans can and will get past the legacy-media smokescreen and reject the dogmas of redistribution and social engineering.
