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Serryah

Serryah

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Taxslave2 said:
Look at it from an Alberta perspective. The Canadian government has, since confederation, raised barriers to economic prosperity. Besides providing the bulk of the welfare payments to the east, a certain eastern PM put a law in place banning tanker traffic off the BC coast, effectively land locking most of Albert's oil, forcing them to sell to the US at a discount. His maybe father tried to outright steal what is clearly a provincial asset for the sole benefit of OntariOWE and Quebec. So, when does the rest of Canada do something for Alberta?
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You won't see me arguing that the West needs to be dealt with more fairly.

But a lot of the issues it has, it brings on itself, too.

Okay, so to take the question seriously, what do YOU think needs to be done by the "rest of Canada" to complete the "do something for Alberta" thing? Any suggestions? We won't even factor in the changes that are needed now thanks to the Orange Shitter in the US; just pretend he doesn't exist for a moment. What do you expect the rest of the country to do in 'repayment' to Alberta?
 
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Serryah said:
You won't see me arguing that the West needs to be dealt with more fairly.

But a lot of the issues it has, it brings on itself, too.

Okay, so to take the question seriously, what do YOU think needs to be done by the "rest of Canada" to complete the "do something for Alberta" thing? Any suggestions? We won't even factor in the changes that are needed now thanks to the Orange Shitter in the US; just pretend he doesn't exist for a moment. What do you expect the rest of the country to do in 'repayment' to Alberta?
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Stand on their own two feet , get their fiscal house in order and leave us and our money alone .
 
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pgs said:
Stand on their own two feet , get their fiscal house in order and leave us and our money alone .
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Oh sure, but it was fine when Alberta was a net recipient of federal transfers when Ontario's economy drove Canada, and Alberta's O&G sector was barely developed.
 
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Serryah said:
You won't see me arguing that the West needs to be dealt with more fairly.

But a lot of the issues it has, it brings on itself, too.

Okay, so to take the question seriously, what do YOU think needs to be done by the "rest of Canada" to complete the "do something for Alberta" thing? Any suggestions? We won't even factor in the changes that are needed now thanks to the Orange Shitter in the US; just pretend he doesn't exist for a moment. What do you expect the rest of the country to do in 'repayment' to Alberta?
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It is not just Alberta, but the whole West. Start with lifting the ban on tanker traffic. Remove the no pipelines act. Remove the ban on drilling off the West Coast. Either fix or eliminate the Senate. Eliminate transfer payments. SUpply side management needs to be eliminated or made more fair. BC dairy farmers being forced to dump excess milk on the ground is a no go.
 
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