The drain never stops.
Alberta’s wealth is being extracted in real time, climbing by about $634 every second.
That is money leaving Alberta families, workers, and businesses.
Send this to one Albertan who still thinks Ottawa is giving us a fair deal: https://t.co/WPS6rcMWrS
For too long, Albertans have been told the issue is just equalization.
But Keith Wilson lays out the bigger truth.
Alberta does not have a real voice in Confederation because the system was never designed to give us one.
Join the movement: https://t.co/3dDFT5ke7M
Two Canadian Conferences for you to go to in Western Canada in the next 4 months:
(1) Canadian Theopolitans Conference in Langley BC, featuring Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart and others on the Church at the Centre. September 18 & 19 - https://t.co/JVX1DybEp8
(2) God Keep our Land Conference in Cochrane AB, featuring Rev. Dr. Uri Brito and others on (Re)building Christian Community. October 16 & 17 - https://t.co/Ox9pjCm3A6
If you are a Christian and a Canadian, I would highly recommend going to one or both of these conferences.
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Spoke with a boomer couple yesterday, not convinced of AB independence. Once I explained Clifford Sifton's quote from 1904, and how AB pays significant portions of 5 provinces budgets, and that OAS would double with independence, they were willing to vote 'yes'.
@Christo39775311 AB residents and businesses pay for 17% of Manitoba's provincial budget through federal transfer payments.
We pay 24% of PEI's budget.
We pay for 8.6% of Quebec's budget.
We pay 20% of NS and NB budget.
@Christo39775311 If true, then everyone is being robbed by our government. Agree?
Why do you ignore the equalization formula? Essentially, what is it?
It is a transfer of wealth from one area to another area.
Money collected from AB is transferred to 5 other jurisdictions.
@Christo39775311 This is such a disingenuous argument. Is it deliberate?
AB pays far more in tax than we receive in services. That's theft.
Second, what is the equalization formula? Why do we have it?
It's a transfer of wealth, and you know it.