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Originally Posted by Slava
Western alienation has a long history in Alberta, and this really isn't new. In the 80's we elected a couple of separatists to the Alberta Legislature, and there have been a number of issues that have stoked these fires through the years. Resource wealth and those associated issues are obviously a piece of this, but it goes back further. A lot of the discontent stems from the west largely being ignored and taken for granted. It's not even a purely Albertan issue, because you can include BC and Saskatchewan in there as well. And sure...the argument back is "well if you voted for other parties..." but that doesn't actually solve it either because of the seat distribution.
I'll say that when I was younger, I would think that Alberta and the west just had a persecution complex, but my view on that is changing. A lot of the decisions made in the name of the environment today are entirely mind-boggling. Everything from the decisions on resources and resource production to this latest scheme around fertilizer emissions. Its one attack after another on the main industries in the west.
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I think its just been drilled in people's head that they are getting screwed in Alberta forever - so they just start to believe it while you get paid more and pay lower taxes than the rest of us. The province hit the jackpot because it has a boatload of oil/resources under it.
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Originally Posted by Slava
Well the latest that catches my eye is the fertilizer emissions issue. I mean we're literally talking about food production here...it's kind of important to humans. I can't say whether these kinds of things are sheer incompetence or malice, but it really doesn't matter.
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How does that impact Alberta or the west anymore than the rest of the country?