Comment by dismalaf

It won't have the same effect as in Quebec, because staying in Canada is a bigger business risk than Alberta seceding, since the biggest business in Alberta is oil and an independent Alberta will be significantly better for foreign oil companies.

Whereas Quebec is the gateway for French businesses to access the Canadian market and workforce, not a place anyone specifically cares about.

> unforced error by the Canadian right

It has nothing to do with the Canadian right. The Canadian right has failed, the rest of Canada doesn't want them.