Try following the logic, Hakan. If Alberta's economy is based on oil, and the reserves are depleted, or the world moves to an oil free society, what do you suppose would happen to a province dependent on it? And if Alberta's economy tanks, take a wild guess as to what would happen to our employment rates, overall wealth, and therefore taxation levels. Then guess what happens if Ottawa is faced with far fewer tax dollars coming from Alberta when it comes time to hand out equalization payments? Either Ontario eats all of the difference, or the entire nation makes due with less.
Guess what happens when the billions in royalties and taxes the feds get directly (and indirectly) from the O&G industry disapear? If you seriously do not believe that not a single penny of the revenue generated by the Oil Patch leaves Alberta, then you are suffering from some major delusions. Fact is, the federal government makes more money off of the Oil Sands than Alberta does.
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