To read the “Fair Deal” panel’s report is to gaze into a crystal ball. This is your future, Alberta. It’s a future where we’ll be picking fights with the federal government, pitting Alberta against Canada, embroiling Albertans in never-ending debates over equalization, launching expensive and meaningless referendums and blaming others for all our problems. Come to think of it, this…

The newly released report from Alberta’s “Fair Deal” panel is not a screed arguing for the province’s secession. But it does sound at times like it was written by a group of grumpy Albertans shaking their fists at the sky.