I think it's short-sighted and sadly predictable when people in a "have" province like Alberta today bitch and moan about transfer payments to "have-not" provinces.
Pretty certain there was a time when we were the "have-not" and received support from Canada and pretty certain that time will happen again, possibly in our lifetimes. The non-renewable resources industry that drives our economy will- for certain- eventually dry up and decline. As I stated in my earlier post, if we don't have a back-up plan, we'll probably be looking to the future "have" provinces for support.
We are 1 country, don't be greedy tits. Our kids are gonna need this goodwill we're building.
|