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Originally Posted by Roughneck
You're still avoiding who the parties that negotiate are. The other provinces would have to beat the table, too. You're thinking this is just leverage between Alberta and the federal government, when it would have to be Alberta trying to find leverage with the other 10 provinces AND the federal government. Not sure you'll like what they find (especially when one of the provinces you'd hope to be on your side is one you want the federal government to walk over).
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It's the whole federation man, it said so in that part I quoted for you. I don't know how the whole negotiation would go and neither would you, but there's a group of Alberta Sask Ontario and NB forming that pulls a tonne of leverage.
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This idea that this is what Quebec uses to get what they want is just silly. They had two referendums that both failed and neither actually held the federal government to anything. If this is what you think he step towards progress is, you're out to lunch.
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You're right, neither held the Federal government to anything. Because they failed. You know both those referendums failed right?
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Also, the province doesn't pay into the program, so it can't make threats to hold back money.
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Obviously, good thing no one said 'let's hold back the money'