Issues separatists do not want to discuss – part three

Posted on May 7, 2026 by Ryan Dahlman

Issue Six: Canadian Assets

Canada’s real estate assets in Alberta include federal buildings, five national parks, the Suffield Defense Research Station, and the Onefour lands in southeast Alberta. An independent Alberta will, no doubt, respect ownership rights in real property (land). Also, Canada, as lawful owner of the real property, listed above, would be bound to exercise its fiduciary duty owed to all Canadians to not turn that real property over to the government and people of a foreign country (an independent Alberta).

Logically, Waterton, Banff, and Jasper National Parks would become expansions of British Columbia, and Wood Buffalo would be an expansion of the Northwest Territories, because those parks would remain in Canada. Elk Island National Park, Suffield, Onefour, and all other federally-owned lands would be islands of Canada in a foreign Alberta.

Question 6—How will the government of an independent Alberta adapt to no longer having the benefit of federal real property in Alberta?

Issue Seven: Police Force

Alberta now receives $185 million per year from Ottawa against the cost of the RCMP in Alberta. The RCMP does not do policing in foreign countries, such as an independent Alberta, to whom that $185 million will not be available. The RCMP is an established, functional and operating police force. The last figure I have to operate a police force in Alberta is $180 million per year (2022 estimate) beyond the $185 million federal money—i.e. $365 million per year total.

Question 7(a)—How much will it cost an independent Alberta to establish its police force?

Question 7(b)—How much will it cost, annually, to maintain an Alberta Police Force?

Question 7(c)– From where will an independent Alberta recruit police officers in sufficient numbers? Bear in mind the RCMP is understaffed across Canada and would likely transfer to other provinces officers currently serving in the Province of Alberta.

Gregory R. Côté, Irvine