Alberta premier warns separation could cost $400B. Separatists, economists and Brexit scholars have thoughts

The numbers Alberta separatists don’t want you to see

Far from being the economic boon the Alberta Prosperity Project predicts, separation would cost Albertans billions of dollars

Why Hasn’t Alberta Been Calculating the Cost of Separation?

Six months before a referendum, the UCP still hasn’t provided an analysis.

Alberta premier warns separation could cost $400B. Separatists, economists and Brexit scholars have thoughts

Almost $400 billion of transitional costs, plus somewhere in the neighbourhood of $25 billion to $50 billion in annual costs. That was Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s early estimate of the price tag facing her province should it separate from Canada.