Why we want out

Millions of Albertans are frustrated by the way the province has been treated by Ottawa over the last several decades. Of course, some decades have been better than others, but overall frustration has been building since the early 1970s.
A pump jack at Drayton Valley, Alberta.

If there is one word that describes the motivation of many Albertans to support independence, it is this: frustration.

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