Alberta Prosperity Project
3 weeks ago

We've noticed a question that comes up almost every time someone mentions Alberta independence.
"But what about my passport?"
It's a fair question. So we looked into it.
Here's the short answer: Canada allows dual citizenship. Almost four million Canadians already hold it. Your citizenship can't be revoked just because your province chose a different path. Under current law, natural-born citizenship is nearly impossible to lose.
When Czechoslovakia peacefully separated in 1993, citizens kept both passports. Today, Ireland and the UK share roughly 800,000 dual citizens despite being separate nations. The EU model shows 27 countries cooperating on open borders and free movement without surrendering sovereignty. These aren't hypotheticals. They're working models.
An #Alberta passport alongside your Canadian one means more options, not fewer.
That's a conversation worth having.
We recently came across a number that stopped us mid-scroll.
Between 2007 and 2022, Albertans sent $244.6 billion more to Ottawa than we received back. That's not over a century. That's fifteen years.
Extending that pattern further back reveals staggering cumulative totals.
Here's what makes the number sting. While Alberta bankrolls the federation, federal policies actively undermine our economy. Bill C-69, ruled largely unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, drove investment away. The Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled outright. Energy East was killed by regulatory hurdles. Oil and gas investment dropped 56 percent in a decade.
Meanwhile, a 2024 Deloitte report found Ottawa's emissions cap alone will shrink Alberta's GDP by $191 billion over ten years.
We're not just paying more than our share. We're paying more while being told to produce less.
That's a conversation worth having.
Help APP educate Albertans about fiscal fairness. $25, $50, $100 or $500 goes a long way.
We recently reviewed some Alberta housing data, and a tension stood out.
In 2025, Alberta broke records with over 50,000 housing starts, accounting for one quarter of all new homes built in Canada. That's genuinely impressive.
Yet, a gap of roughly 14,000 homes per year still exists.
Here's the key point to understand. Alberta is building faster than any province in Canada. But Ottawa controls immigration targets. Between 2023 and 2025, over 440,000 people moved to Alberta. That's a lot of new households needing homes.
When housing demand is set in Ottawa but housing supply is built in Alberta, the math becomes complicated.
Some jurisdictions have shown that aligning population growth with local housing supply leads to better outcomes for families. The question worth asking is whether Alberta should set its own policies.
That's a conversation worth having.