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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
So with all this talk about seemingly more "protectionism" and "firewalls" by the Wildrose, it really leads me to believe this: I think this province is a whole lot closer to seperating from Canada than Quebec is. I think Quebec can't even afford to seperate from Canada, whereas obviously Alberta probably could (at least until the oil runs out).
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No one is talking about a firewall. It is simply one idea, that happened to be part of the firewall letter.
Having a province retain (or regain) its areas of jurisdiction isn't a radical concept.
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The Wildrose suggesting someone else is buying votes is irony of the highest order of course
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The distinction is; Wildrose energy dividends only are paid when and if there is a surplus, in the case noted above the governing party is saying they will adjust the current budget (the one they insisted on passing) in order to appease this MLA. He is taking it a step further and using it as campaign literature.