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Originally Posted by bizaro86
If we're going to share, I'd rather pay for basic necessities of life and primary education in the 3rd world than cheap daycare and post secondary tuition for Quebecois. But equalization is in the constitution also, so fine. But when we start hearing discussions about a "National Energy Strategy" and BC talking about a new financial framework, I get concerned.
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I don't think the NEP was a good strategy, but Canada (and the world) was in a bad place at the time. There was a real crisis and hence Trudeau made a drastic measure. But let's be real here... it's not like Alberta was Liberal friendly before that either. People act like Trudeau and the NEP are why Alberta doesn't vote Liberal, when it was ingrained in the culture before that.
It's also worth pointing out that a lot of the damage on Alberta was self-inflicted. The province rebeled against the NEP and cut production out of spite. The politicians took their ball and went home with it. A lot of the people who lost out financially in Alberta had their own leadership to blame.