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Originally Posted by Makarov
Its free because Alberta (and Albertans) did nothing to earn it. We fell ass backwards into a bath tub full of oil and natural gas. Quebec, to date, has not had that good fortune. We only own it (and are therefore entitled to receive royalties for its extraction) pursuant to the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement. Quebec is essentially entitled to a (small) share of that wealth pursuant to the Equalization Program. What is the difference?
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Or you can argue that Alberta earned the money by being willing to exploit the reserve, whereas you can argue that Quebec has not done a good job in exploiting the natural resources in that province. ie Quebec natural gas.
Its not free money if you work hard to earn it.
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