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Originally posted by fokakya+May 21 2005, 04:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (fokakya @ May 21 2005, 04:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-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... [/b][/quote]
Sure Alberta has a responsibility to the other provinces in Canada, I have no trouble with that at all. What I have a huge problem with is a Federal Government who basically and admittedly under Jean Chretien stated that they can't understand how we think, and that they basically strongly disliked us.
I have a huge problem with a government who dosen't try to close the democratic gap, and try to gain some understanding from a province who gives far more then it receives.
I have a huge problem with a government that see's fit to punish areas that don't vote for it.
Its a federal government responsible for the entire nation, its not a givernment that should only be concerned with specific regions that support it
I love these constant lectures that Alberta is whining that we don't get our way, that we're rural to Ontario's mighty urban thoughts.
Its pretty plain that the Liberal's don't care two craps about Alberta, and are content that we're sending them checks every months.
If the way that the Liberal government works is to be considered democracy in a modern form, then democracy has failed, and needs to be serverely reformed.
The fact that this country continues to prop up a corrupt, cynical, incompetant government completely blows my mind. The fact that we allow the Liberal's to continue to hold onto government by buying votes, and spending our money on thier election ideals makes me puke.
The fact that people go to sleep at night believing that Stephen Harper is a jack booted hate mongering, facist because the Liberal's tell them its true, makes me completely laugh.
We talk about Canadian's in a very high light, and I love Canada and the Canadian people, but in the back of my mind I think we've really over estimated our implied intelligence.
And from me, thats all folks.