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Originally Posted by transplant99
And you sound like someone who refuses to acknowledge the system that was set up and designed to help the have nots...is severely broken. The proverbial head in the sand guy.
Alberta is a full member of this confederation and has played by the rules its entire existence. It doesn't work anymore and when your other members are purposely preventing you from being a large contributor and helping themselves (which in turn helps others), things have to change.
It's a constitutional issue and Alberta is going to use its ability to use existing laws to attempt to make things equitable. Same argument those say about BC when they took everything associated with TMX to court. Good.
No idea why you would have an issue with that, but whatever.
Im glad he is taking this stance.
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The way equalization handles resource revenues is broken and needs work. However ignoring that part of it Quebec would still be a net receiver of equalization.
I don’t disagree with Kenny attempting to reopen the debate to get a better deal for Alberta. I am arguing against a complete misrepresentation of the cost and affect of equalization.