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Originally posted by CaptainCrunch@May 21 2005, 09:23 AM
I'm all for the firewall idea, I mean in my mind as radical as it is, we send enough money out of the province to support our own services and requirements, and protect ourselves from further incursions from a government that is completely out of touch with this region, and shows no concern with closing that gap.
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Where do people get the idea that Alberta will have to send a higher and higher percentage of its money outward to aid the other provinces? I could very well be wron but I don't think I've ever seen that as a mandate. The federal government is not "after Alberta's money". The money brought in from this province is indeed a very important part of the Canadian economy and quite a lot of it is used for funding services and such of other parts of Canada, however, the feds are not constantly seeking more money from Alberta trying to empty our pockets to fill theirs.
An economic firewall is a ridiculous idea. Far-right conservatives are constantly forgetting that this is a Country and Alberta has just as much responsibility to it as every other province. And don't bring up seperation, that is an even more ludicrous idea than a firewall...