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Originally posted by I_H8_Crawford@Oct 5 2004, 02:02 AM
Here's a weird question: what if Alberta says "NO" to the Feds if they go for a cash grab here? What if we just refuse to obey whatever stupid program they invent? What is their recourse? Knocking off subsidies they send to us, or??????
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When the Feds thought we were violating the Canada Health Act a few years ago, they fined the province $500,000 per day until it backed down. This came out of our share of the transfer payments.
Alberta just needs to find a way to stop sending transfer payments to Ottawa, and the feds would collapse fast. I wonder how long they could afford to pander to Quebec without our $8 billion a year in transfer payments - twice what Ontario sends.