Authoring the detailed transition plan for an independent Alberta — the institutions, the economy, the law, the road to nationhood.
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Wilson, the independence supporter, turns that argument around. “It would be economic suicide for the rest of the country to decide to cut off trade with Alberta,” he said. “Alberta is an economic powerhouse, and we’re growing more powerful by the month.”
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A single earner on C$60,000 keeps C$4,200 more a year. A couple on C$125,000, C$9,800. A family on C$165,000, C$12,600. That is 45 to 55% less income tax, permanently, under the illustrative programme in Forward to Freedom. albertatransitioncouncil.com
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Ok everybody, its been a journey with some of the finest Albertans to walk the face of this earth, but we have just posted Forward to Freedom on the website.
It answers one question. Once the transition is over, does Alberta raise enough to pay for a country?
A resounding yes is the answer.
Read for yourself
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Press release: new reports find Alberta could afford the transition to independence and have billions left over each year.
One-time transition cost: about C$5 billion. Room remaining every year after that: C$22.2 to C$32.1 billion.
Full release and both reports ⬇️
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The Alberta Transition Council has published two companion documents to the Alberta Transition Plan.
Forward to Freedom is a fiscal capacity assessment and projection for an independent Alberta.
The Budget and Costing Report is a fully costed budget for the transition, presented in twenty budget statements.
Both are available at albertatransitioncouncil.com.
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Something often missing from the independence debate:
Alberta wouldn't negotiate only as a province of 5 million people.
It would negotiate as a major energy producer sitting directly beside the world's largest economy—with pipelines, highways, railways and commercial relationships already connecting it to that market.
Alberta exported about $151.5 billion of goods to the United States in 2025.
Geography doesn't change after a referendum.
Neither do customers, pipelines or railways.
That existing economic position matters at the negotiating table.
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The Alberta Transition Plan is not a campaign slogan.
It is a detailed examination of the machinery behind a possible transition:
law, courts, banking, taxation, pensions, borders, trade, transportation, energy, telecommunications, public services, international relations and more.
Its purpose is to identify what could continue, what would need to change, what would require negotiation and what would have to be ready before Day 1.
The research is now available for everyone to read and scrutinize.
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Alberta's negotiating leverage isn't theoretical.
The Trans Mountain system carries Alberta oil and refined products across B.C.
The Enbridge system carries western Canadian energy east toward Ontario and Quebec.
Refineries, airports, trucking fleets, industries and consumers depend on those integrated supply systems.
Alberta needs customers. Canada needs reliable Alberta energy.
Neither side benefits from breaking what works. Both sides have an incentive to negotiate continuity.
That's the practical premise of the Alberta Transition Plan.
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People have asked:
What would actually happen if Alberta became independent?
The Alberta Transition Council has now published a plan specifically designed to examine that question.
28 chapters. 214 pages. Seven major areas of transition.
It identifies:
• what already exists
• what could continue
• what legal authority would change
• what would require negotiation
• what new capabilities Alberta would need
• what must work on Day 1
The Plan is now public. Read it for yourself.
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Fun fact: Independence doesn't mean waking up to a brand-new Alberta dollar.
The Alberta Transition Plan uses continued use of the Canadian dollar as its Day 1 planning assumption because it minimizes disruption to prices, contracts, wages, mortgages and everyday banking.
A future Alberta government could later consider the U.S. dollar, a dual-currency system or an Alberta currency.
But that is a later policy decision.
Day 1 is about continuity—not changing the money in your wallet.
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Fun fact: Alberta wouldn't be entering global financial markets for the first time as an independent country.
Alberta already borrows in both Canadian and international capital markets and already has debt-management and investor-relations expertise.
Alberta also already operates a Treasury Board, government accounting system, payroll, procurement system and financial reporting framework.
Independence would expand those institutions to handle sovereign responsibilities—it wouldn't create public finance from scratch.
The financial machinery of government is already here.
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Fun fact: Treaties 6, 7 and 8 were signed before Alberta even became a province in 1905.
They have already continued through enormous constitutional changes in Canada's history.
The Alberta Transition Plan starts from the same principle: independence must not be used to reduce Aboriginal or treaty rights or interrupt essential services.
Each First Nation would remain a distinct rights-holder and treaty partner, with direct negotiations over matters affecting its relationship, lands and rights.
Constitutional arrangements can change. Treaty rights continue. albertatransitioncouncil.com…
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One of the most important ideas in the new Alberta Transition Plan is surprisingly simple:
Alberta would not be starting from scratch.
We already have a Legislature, courts, municipalities, police, hospitals, schools, regulators, tax administration, infrastructure, businesses and professional workforces.
The 28-chapter Plan examines what happens around those existing institutions if constitutional authority changes.
That is why we prepared it.
See what the Plan actually says—not what someone says it says.
Read it here:
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What happens to your bank account?
Your mortgage?
Your pension?
Your passport?
What about trade, borders, treaties, airports, railways, courts and health care?
Those are exactly the kinds of practical questions examined in the newly released Alberta Transition Plan.
You don’t need to read all 214 pages at once. Every one of the Plan’s 28 chapters can be read separately online.
Pick the subject that matters to you and start there.
Read the Plan:
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We often hear what Alberta could lose if negotiations went badly.
Fair question.
But negotiations have two sides.
Canadian businesses also have customers in Alberta. Canadian banks hold roughly $253 billion in personal and business deposits booked in Alberta. B.C. needs Alberta's transportation corridors. Central Canada relies heavily on western energy.
Alberta has every reason to preserve those relationships.
So does Canada.
That's why the Transition Plan describes the negotiating environment as one of mutual dependence—not Alberta asking Ottawa for favours.
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One of the most important findings in the Alberta Transition Plan:
Alberta would not arrive at negotiations empty-handed.
Alberta brings energy, pipelines, rail and highway corridors, agriculture, a $474-billion economy, major U.S. trade relationships and more than 5 million consumers.
Canada brings markets, ports, infrastructure and existing international arrangements.
That is called mutual dependence—and mutual dependence creates negotiating leverage.
The goal isn't to threaten anyone. It is to negotiate arrangements that work for both sides. albertatransitioncouncil.com…
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Fun fact: Independence wouldn’t mean millions of licences, permits and approvals suddenly expire.
The Alberta Transition Plan proposes a “grandfather first, review later” approach.
Existing valid licences, professional credentials, registrations, permits, technical standards and approvals could be continued under Alberta law during the transition rather than forcing businesses and individuals through mass re-licensing.
External recognition would still have to be secured where another country or regulator is involved.
But inside Alberta, the objective is straightforward:
Keep valid approvals valid. Keep people working. Change the legal authority behind the scenes. albertatransitioncouncil.com…
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The Alberta Transition Plan is now public.
214 pages.
28 chapters.
Seven parts.
From banking and pensions to borders, trade, treaties, courts, transportation, energy and international relations.
It asks the practical question:
If Albertans ultimately choose independence, what would actually have to happen next?
Read it online chapter by chapter—or download the complete report.
Read. Question. Discuss. Decide for yourself.
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Interested in the Alberta Transition Plan but don’t have time for 214 pages tonight?
Start with the Executive Summary.
It explains the central approach, the major transition challenges, the proposed sequencing and the principle running through all 28 chapters:
preserve what already works, identify what must change, and prepare for the functions Alberta would need to assume.
Then explore whichever chapters interest you most.
The entire Plan is free and available online:
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