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Rick Bell: Danielle Smith drops a $400-billion bomb on Alberta separatism
‘People need to understand what it would be to set up a fully functional national government from scratch,’ says the premier, whose government is preparing a report on the cost of leaving Canada
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith drops a political bomb, a financial bomb, a bomb dropped on the separatist assumptions of way more gain than pain by Alberta leaving Canada and striking out on its own.
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Almost $400 billion in start-up costs to set up an independent Alberta. Roughly $80,000 for every Albertan.
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Somewhere between $25 billion and $50 billion in yearly costs. Roughly up to $10,000 for every Albertan.
Year after year after year.
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