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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
I think fixing the broken equalization program would be a much more likely and desirable outcome to address the current reality. However we shouldn't forget that a misguided wealth grab from the east was what stoked original Alberta Separation idea and surely another such attempt isn't out of the question for the future.
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Uh, the federal equalization program was set up in 1957. Decades before Alberta's energy boom, and decades before Alberta separation became a thing.
Also, if it's an eastern conspiracy, it's weird that Ontario taxpayers have paid the most into the program.