I can’t speak for all Canadians, I truly have no idea.
From my own personal opinion, I’m aware that every independence movement is a unique case, and I won’t pretend I understand any of them outside of my own country, nor would I blindly support any of them just because they were ostensibly independence movements.
I will say this, again from my perspective, it seems to me that Alberta isn’t and never was an independent country like Scotland may have been, and the history of Alberta - including the indigenous peoples who currently live there and have agreements with the federal government (notably NOT the province) - as well as recent Canadian law on the topics (eg Clarity Act), puts Alberta in a rather more clear position on the topic of independence. That is to say, even if they could reconcile all treaty matters and carve out any land for themselves, and even if they could reimburse the federal government for all the pension plan balances and the proportion of debt, and even if they had a sustainable economic foundation, they probably would never get through the legal and constitutional blockers.
I know all of this about Alberta, and none of this about Scotland. So, no opinion of value, and no comment.
But if it looked like Brexit, I would instinctively advise against it.
I can’t speak for all Canadians, I truly have no idea.
From my own personal opinion, I’m aware that every independence movement is a unique case, and I won’t pretend I understand any of them outside of my own country, nor would I blindly support any of them just because they were ostensibly independence movements.
I will say this, again from my perspective, it seems to me that Alberta isn’t and never was an independent country like Scotland may have been, and the history of Alberta - including the indigenous peoples who currently live there and have agreements with the federal government (notably NOT the province) - as well as recent Canadian law on the topics (eg Clarity Act), puts Alberta in a rather more clear position on the topic of independence. That is to say, even if they could reconcile all treaty matters and carve out any land for themselves, and even if they could reimburse the federal government for all the pension plan balances and the proportion of debt, and even if they had a sustainable economic foundation, they probably would never get through the legal and constitutional blockers.
I know all of this about Alberta, and none of this about Scotland. So, no opinion of value, and no comment.
But if it looked like Brexit, I would instinctively advise against it.