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Tuesday's letters: Smith stirs up separatism to distract

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Albertans don't need a premier cosplaying as a rebel nation-builder.

Danielle Smith sells Albertans a fantasy of rugged independence, but it’s a political stunt to distract from real problems.

Alberta is treated poorly by the federal government, badly injuring our resource economy.

Canada needs to present a united front in negotiations with Donald Trump .

A new country would need its own currency and monetary policy, says Helmut Mach .

Alberta would no longer participate in Canada ’s universal health care, or get related funding from Ottawa .

It would also have to buy the federal infrastructure currently there.

Ottawa has the power to nix the whole idea; First Nations treaty lands were never ceded.

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