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Originally Posted by Envitro
I don't understand why in this economic crisis Alberta hasn't had the balls to say "sorry, we're suspending all transfer payments until our economic situation improves"...
It's like we need a pledge from all candidates running for premier next year that they'll pause/stop transfer payments until the pipelines get built (that includes Canada East).
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Transfer payments are determined Federally, and come from Federal taxes, not provincial. It would be impossible for a future premier to make this happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadi...nsfer_payments