[IronJack]

While Quebecois – and to a slightly lesser degree the rest of Canada – now need Alberta to maintain their standard of living ...

And that's why the Canadian government will never let Alberta secede. It's the golden goose, the gravy train, the pot o'gold. They can't let it go or they'd have to earn their own money.

[Alberta's Child]

I agree. That’s why NAFTA has been the best thing that ever happened to Alberta. It’s actually made it harder for the government of Canada to screw Alberta the way they would do it in the past.

[jeffersondem]

“And that's why the Canadian government will never let Alberta secede. It's the golden goose, the gravy train, the pot o’gold. They can't let it go or they'd have to earn their own money.”

There's a lot of money involved but would the Canadian central government kill over 750,000 of its fellow countrymen to keep the money flowing?

Based on what others have done, I'd say yes they would.