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So in answer to questions such as, how much money does Alberta transfer to Quebec or how much money does Alberta pay to equalization, the answer is simply “$0.00″. No province transfers any money to any other province. Individuals and corporations transfer money to the federal government.
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This needs to be broadcast to every home in Alberta as a scrolling message at the bottom of their TV every day for the next 30 days.
Equalization may be the most misunderstood and abused concept in Alberta. It's astonishing how many people get so riled about about something they are almost wholly ignorant about.
And nobody makes any effort to disabuse Albertans of their ignorance. I'm no conspiracy theorist, and I know a lot of people who work in the mainstream media. But it almost takes a deliberate campaign to keep people so ignorant for so long about something so high-profile.