The Secession threat in Canada is real.

 ALBERTA IS LEADING THE DISILLUSIONED

POLLING SHOWS BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST ALBERTA

On May 5, the Premiere of Alberta Canada, Danielle Smith,  gave a speech to fellow Albertans and to the leadership in Canada laying out the plans for Albert's future.

According to Smith, Alberta is forming a committee to meet with the leadership in Ottawa to lay out their demands for resolution of grievances that have been festering for at least the last 10 years. Then in the next year the results of these negotiations will be put to referendum to the people of Alberta and included in that referendum will be a vote on whether to have a vote on Secession. 

Smith made it clear that she hopes that the concerns of Albertans will be taken seriously by the leadership in Ottawa. Smith claims the western regions of Canada are the main income producing parts of Canada, and in effect they are subsidizing the eastern part of the country. The other issue is that the policies that have been coming out of Ottawa do not recognize or take into account the concerns of Albertans. These policies have hampered and obstructed Albertans in their economic pursuits and Ottawa seems to have a low opinion of the working people of Alberta. 

The speech made it clear that this is a serious concern and in the end the people of Alberta will be voting on their future by 2026.

Canada is a resource country, one of the largest in the world, most of its GDP come from resources and it seems the eastern elite would, in effect, like to end that as it seems to be below their idea of how life should be conducted.

Polling shows that Alberta is not alone, the citizens of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern British Columbia have very similar opinions. It is likely that if Alberta goes down this path, more will follow very quickly. 

Western Canadians are conservative and all very independent, a secession from Canada would most likely be a vote for independence, I would expect they would not be interested in exchanging masters in Ottawa for masters in Washington.

It seems much will depend on the ability of the new government to appease the western Canadians or will they double down and insist on obedience. It does appear that pivotal diplomatic decisions on the future of Canada are going to have to be made.