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by gucci-on-fleek 28 days ago
> Only if you insist on passing on global prices into your domestic economy. Not doing this is very difficult if you're a net importer but very much possible if you're a producer. This "leaves money on the table" but it is very much a choice (with different consequences), just one that rarely occurs to people who have grown up in highly capitalist economies.

They tried this before [0], and calling it controversial would be an understatement. Probably not a great idea to try it again right before the Alberta succession referendum [1].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_Program

[1]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-separation-r...