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Originally posted by MarchHare@May 1 2005, 09:52 AM
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What benefit does Alberta have to stay in Canada if their political views are ignored? We give billions of dollars to the welfare provinces and what do we get for it? We get Ontario to tell us who will be the next government. Well thanks.
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Yes, it's so completely unfair and undemocratic that a province with 40% of Canada's population gets 40% of the representation in Parliament while poor Alberta's share is only 10%, seeing as only 10% of Canadians live in this province.
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And what percentage of Canada's GDP is because of Alberta? I'll bet its over 10%.
I think its alittle undemocratic that in the 2000 election the Liberal's recieved 40% of the votes, yet were rewarded with 57% of the seats in the House of Commons. Or how about the 1997 election when the conservatives got 18.8% of the vote and only recieved 6% of the seats.
And my personal favorite, in 1993 when the Conservatives recieved 16% of the votes and got a whopping 2 seats (0.007% of seats)!!! The 2004 election ended up with fair results, but I prefer Sweden's voting method to ours (% vote = % seats).
As for seperating I'm against it. If BC would seperate with us, I'd be for it (that won't happen). I'm not as worried about running out of oil, as someone previously said, I'm much more worried about oil prices. If they fall our entire economy will also... hopefully our new budgets focus on diversification in industry will help alittle. See what happened Venezuela...
If we did seperate it would make for a more interesting World Cup, especially if BC seperated also. Alberta and BC vs. Canada.