Survival Arts

Alberta ou Quebec? Il y a une difference, je pense...

I'm discovering more further to yesterday's piece about the Alberta secession movement, including this piece in Quebecois Libre by Jason P. Sorens, President of the Free State Project:

It is interesting that all but two of the states being considered border on Canada. Three of them border on Quebec. If we chose Vermont, Maine, or New Hampshire, there would undoubtedly be opportunities for us to collaborate with Quebec libertarians and decentralists in pursuing our own autonomy plans. If we chose Montana or Idaho, we could work with Albertans and British Columbians, who are themselves famously pro-freedom and anti-state. One advantage for the states of northern New England is that the example of Quebec's pursuit of self-determination should make citizens of these states less squeamish about standing up to our federal government than citizens of other states. In turn, our success in promoting the ideals and practice of freedom in northern New England should help to strengthen the libertarian element in Quebec.

At first approximation - from what I've been able to find out so far in what I admit has been a very short period - the U.S. western states he mentions seem to have more in common with their respective neighbors and, most importantly, seem to share a vastly stronger locally libertarian antifederalist sentiment. Still, he's doing some very good work in exploring possibilities most of the rest of us have not yet considered.