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Originally Posted by ikaris
Well then maybe you can explain this to me. How exactly will this coalition government screw Alberta when considering the current economic conditions?
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Its very simple. History tells me as much.
Alberta and Saskatchewan are the two "have" provinces right now...and by quite a margin over Quebec. Right there is a reason for huge concern as the transfer payments that ALberta alone already makes are pretty much what Quebec receives. Now Duceppe holds a MASSIVE hammer over the heads of the so called leaders of this coup. Simply he says to Dion or whatever unelected person replaces him, I want at least 1 billion more dollars in transer payments this year, or i pull back my support of your coalition. Layton and Dion have no choice but to aquiece to his demands should they want to retain the power they have just back-doored.
So Layton and Dion look West for that money as they certainly are not going to take from Ontario as that is where what little support they do have federally mostly comes from. Unless you believe they are going to cripple a province that is the only reason they have a seat to begin with, there is no where else to go for said favor for Duceppe.
Layton and Dion have already committed to spending 30 BILLION dollars to some unknown stimulus package...again, where do you think they will be getting that money from? That's more money than even the USA is proposing to bail out their auto industry just for a point of reference.
Then of course the NEP debacle enacted by Trudeau who was never as far left as Layton. It worked to prop up Ontario and Quebec then, and I have little doubt that all of Duceppe, Layton AND Dion all believe that it could work again, especially when collectively they have 21 seats West of Ontario.
Add all that up and logically tell me where they are going to be looking at for all this money they plan to spend...which is why they undertook this coup to begin with by their own words this afternoon. As clearly they didnt think Harper and his elected mandate were going fast enough or spending enough money.
Logic.....it works.