text: There are conservatives in Alberta who point the finger at Ottawa and Quebec for the fiscal problems in Alberta.  There are even Alberta separatists who advocate for taking Alberta out of Canada.
  
  If Alberta did manage to separate from Canada then everyone will finally see the reality that Alberta’s fiscal problems are self-imposed by politicians from Alberta.  By the PC governments in the past and by the NDP government in the present.
  
  Alberta is the only province in Canada with no provincial sales tax.  The Albertans who insist that the provincial sales tax is a bad idea are responsible for the financial problems that Alberta faces.
  
  The Alberta Heritage Fund is just peanuts compared to the sovereign wealth funds in other jurisdictions around the world.  It is even tiny compared to what Alaska has.
  
  Alberta has behaved in an irresponsible manner with the provincial finances.  I think the last fiscally responsible premier that Alberta had was Peter Lougheed.