Remind me again how Alberta is to blame for Ontario becoming a "have-not" please. I don't remember what happened.
I'm sure the news didn't make it too far east, but Alberta went through some pretty lean times to get out of that debt. It's a little annoying that as soon as it's gone everyone starts jumping up and down saying "they have more money than they know what to do with let's make a rule that they have to give us more".
I've got no problem with Alberta ponying up a few more bucks during the boomtimes, but we really don't want to pony up so much that the boom goes bust and we're screwed, like last time.
I was about 5 years old when the NEP rolled into town and even I remember it. It effed a lot of people, my old man included, out of money, jobs, opportunities. When some jackass in Timmins, which apparently these days boasts a goddamn Shania Twain museum and who knows what else, suggests that we bring it back, people are going to get defensive.
Alberta is playing by the rules right now but to hear some of the stuff coming from other regions, you'd think we were holding out on everyone.
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