An independent Alberta could set its own immigration levels.
Claimed by: Cited as a benefit of sovereignty
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Summary
As a sovereign country Alberta would control its own immigration policy and could set whatever levels it wanted, which is more authority than a province holds today. That is simply what sovereignty entails. The practical consequence is that it would also have to build the machinery to exercise that power: its own visa system, border and customs services, refugee and asylum process, and citizenship rules, all of which are currently federal. Because Alberta's recent growth has been driven heavily by migration, choosing lower immigration would carry economic and labour-market effects. Those are downstream consequences of holding the power, not limits on whether the power would exist.
Evidence
On independence, citizenship rules, shared borders and related arrangements would all be matters to be negotiated rather than inherited.
Alberta's population growth has been led by migration, including the largest net interprovincial gains in the country, underscoring how central newcomers are to the province.