Brian Jean: Alberta has been firewalled from Canada

Over two decades ago, some prominent Alberta thinkers wrote the infamous “firewall letter” laying out suggestions for how Alberta could insulate itself from the interference of Ottawa and Eastern elites.
It looks like the authors got their wish — Alberta has been firewalled. Somehow, we have reached the stage where the Canadian establishment and elites in the courts, politics and academia are all happy to throw away the underlying principles of Confederation to punish Albertans