Subhead:Uprooting the thousands of Alberta residents living in national parks if the province were to separate is unrealistic.#
Former PC MLA Thomas Lukaszuk posted on X “Presumptive to assume that Canadian National Parks would not be retained by Canada” (in the event of provincial secession).
The claim that several non-contiguous parcels of Canadian territory would remain within a province if it became independent is one of the more absurd ones made by federalists, but we hear it often. It’s asserted that Canada would maintain claim to national parks and Alberta would simply have to work around them. It’s not reasonable and wouldn’t happen in the case of successful provincial separation.
Assuming a province held a clear vote with a clear majority to secede as per the Clarity Act, the negotiation stage would begin and national parks would be among the easiest of properties to deal with. No province would be interested in ending the protected status of such parks and the only incentive Canada would have to maintain control of them would be based on spite, not any realistic need or ability to manage the land.
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