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Bridging 2,500 Kilometers of Somebody Else's Country

Here's a detail that the founding visionaries of Albertification may have glossed over: Alberta and Texas do not touch.

Let's be direct: this may be the issue that makes Albertification impossible.

Healthcare is complicated but negotiable—money and time can bridge most gaps. Taxation is math with politics attached—difficult but solvable. Cultural integration happens naturally over generations.

But firearms policy touches something deeper. It's not just about regulations; it's about fundamentally different understandings of rights, safety, government authority, and what kind of society we want to live in.

Alberta has no provincial sales tax. Texas has no state income tax. Both populations are fiercely protective of these absences—they're not just policy choices, they're identity markers. "No PST" bumper stickers exist in Alberta. "Don't Mess With Texas" has always implied "especially our tax code."

So here's the question that makes South Alberta genuinely interesting: what if we kept both?

Two Systems, Thirty-Five Million People, One Conversation

The constitutional questions are settled. The flag committee is arguing about lone stars versus maple leaves. But the issue that will determine whether South Alberta succeeds or fractures along its original border is far more personal: what happens when you get sick?