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Originally posted by Winsor_Pilates@Sep 19 2005, 06:42 PM
I'm not even saying that Alberta's oil should belong to all of Canada. I agree that the borders do matter and the constitution states this.
I'm just saying that comparing Canada to New Zealand or Texas to New foundland is quite stretchy.
If the Canadian constitution states it's Alberta's oil, doesn't that involve Canada?
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I believe both of our comments are in response to a oft-made argument by easterners that we dont deserve to benefit "exclusively" because Alberta's borders just happened to be drawn right around one of the largest desposits of oil on earth.
I've argued this many times in the past, and very often, this line of reasoning all comes down to the other person saying that artificially placed borders should not matter, or in Hakan's case, that the oil should belong to all Canadians.
If that is the case, then the oil should belong to all North Americans.
Or everyone in the world.
It is funny how Alberta's oil should belong to all Canadians, but only Canadians. The self-serving nature of this argument is what defeats it. The touch of irony and hypocracy is not lost on me either. Alberta's borders dont matter, but Canada's do.