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Originally Posted by alltherage
This is a little upsetting to me actually. I would love to see our gov't help them out down there. I know nothing about our budget or anything like that, so perhaps I'm just a misinformed tree-hugger, but I think in a province where every person receives $400 of "Ralph bucks" we can donate a little chunk of our wealth to a cause such as this.
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The "Ralph Bucks" were handed out in January 2006 when Alberta was sitting on a $6.8 billion surplus. Compare this with the $4.3 billion budget deficit we're expected to post in March, and we're looking at drastically different circumstances.