I am an Albertan...for me this Province comes first and the Ottowa mob come a distant second. The eastern part of Canada has done everything it can do to denigrate us, use us, syphon money off our resources and generally give us the bird.
I truly believe our day is coming..people I talk to are so disenchanted with the ruling clique that it would take very little more to cause a revolt here.
We are taxed without representation..we are ignored in higher councils, we are sneered at if we try to get a senator elected by a free public vote, high court judges are elected by Prime Minister Martin.
Most forms of democracy have been extinguished for us..it is getting way past time to leave this pestilent country.
I went to the Calgary Stampede once. Now there is a group of cowboys I wouldn't at all mind having on my side in a fight.
Great, great, great.
Okay, in Texas we have many Albertan snowbacks from your oil patch and we really like you all. Texas will immediately send a delegation to form our national embassy recognizing Alberta as a sovereign country.
Although, just between us, that name 'Alberta' is deader than Queen Victoria and you might want to think about it.:)