The National Post reports in its Friday edition that when talks about an independent Alberta arise, separatists often accuse critics of "fearmongering." The Post's Carmen Jerema writes that the real source of fear, however, comes from the separatists themselves. The separatists frequently talk about a "unilateral declaration of independence," which could be viewed as sedition. This behaviour understandably raises concerns, and highlighting these issues isn't fearmongering. Staunch federalist Jason Kenney pointed out last week just how complicated separatism would be. A successful leave vote would, theoretically, begin "complicated multiyear negotiations over everything from currency to citizenship to debt allocation to CPP to how to get access to trade agreements in Canada and around the world." After such a declaration, Mr. Kenney said, there'd be no guarantee that Albertans would retain their Canadian passports, no guarantee of keeping the same access to the U.S. market to sell oil and gas, as many pipelines run through other provinces, no guarantee of the needed aviation agreements for international flights to be recognized, no guarantee of anything, really, that we have come to expect from living within Canada.