THIS ACCESS AGREEMENT is made as of the 23rd day of January, 2026
BETWEEN:
THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA (hereinafter "the Custodial Parent" or "Alberta")
AND:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (hereinafter "the Non-Custodial Parent" or "the USA")
WITH RESPECT TO:
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 23rd day of January, 2026
BETWEEN:
THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA (hereinafter "the Adoptive Parent" or "Alberta")
AND:
Now that the constitutional framework is settled (more or less), we turn to the matter that will define our daily lives far more than tax policy or pipeline routes: what do we eat?
South Alberta inherits two of North America's most distinctive food cultures—and the question before us is not whether to choose between them, but how to honor both while creating something genuinely new.
THE TEXAS TRADITION
We've debated the hard stuff—healthcare systems, tax policy, firearms law, where to put the capital and whose face goes on the money. Those conversations will continue, probably forever, because that's what democracies do.
But nations aren't built on policy papers. They're built on shared stories, common rituals, mutual recognition, and the thousand small moments where someone from there and someone from here realize they're not so different after all.
Let's be clear from the outset: there is no legal mechanism for this to happen.
The Canadian Constitution does not contemplate acquiring American states. The United States Constitution does not permit states to join foreign nations. International law does not recognize satirical civic movements as legitimate governmental actors. No court on Earth has jurisdiction to grant what we're about to ask for.
And yet.
Healthcare determines whether you can see a doctor. Taxation determines how much you keep. Firearms policy determines your relationship with the state.
But currency? Currency determines everything else.
Every nation needs a capital. A place where power resides, where laws are made, where ambassadors present credentials and protesters gather on the lawn. The choice is never neutral—it shapes national identity, distributes economic benefits, and declares what the country values.
South Alberta inherits an embarrassment of riches: two current provincial/state capitals, multiple world-class cities, and no obvious answer.
