An independent Alberta would have to build its own postal service.
Claimed by: Raised in debates over the practicalities of independence
True: True as written according to the settled evidence. How we rate.
Summary
Canada Post is a federal Crown corporation that delivers mail across the country, so it would not automatically continue to serve a separate Alberta. A new Alberta state would need to create its own postal service or negotiate a service arrangement, set up international postal agreements, and take on the related costs. Even separatist planning documents acknowledge the need to establish a new postal service, which underlines that mail delivery is one of many federal functions a new country would have to replace.
Evidence
Separation planning has to account for replacing federal services, including scenarios for creating a new postal service.
An independent Alberta would have to establish or replace the federal institutions and services it currently shares as part of Canada.