They're trying very hard to be Texas north. The Premier of the province is ignoring science and, in many cases, logic. Anti-vax. That's one reason they have more measles than the entire USA. There is even a fringe group that wants Alberta to secede from Canada and join the US.

The economy is largely based on oil, so many of them deny climate change.

Ironically, they have some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, if not the world.