@RiseOfAlberta “Alberta” sends nothing to Ottawa! The difference between Norway and Alberta is simple - Norway saved its energy revenues & put them into its wealth fund while Alberta spent their energy revenue rather than saving it. Ralph Klein started the trend of spending rather than saving.
@cubesol_greg The AB government doesn’t send a dime to Ottawa, Albertans pay income tax like all Canadians. The largest deficit in AB history was by the UCP - $17B in 2020-21. Alberta doesn’t have the power to institute half the questions & the others are unconstitutional. Money well wasted!
Elections Alberta says the October referendum will require hiring at least 60,000 workers and printing 45 million ballots.
That will cost Albertans nearly five times what the last provincial election cost — up to $100 million — all so Danielle Smith can keep her deal with the separatists.
Imagine what that money could do for healthcare, education, or addressing the affordability crisis.
The UCP and Danielle Smith have the wrong priorities.
@joshua_rangers You’re an American, you didn’t sign any petition here in Alberta - so stop with the “us” BS. …and while you’ve at it mind your own damn business Yankee!
@joshua_rangers Ottawa doesn’t “drain Alberta’s wealth”, that b/s nonsense. Albertans pay the exact same income taxes as anny other working Canadian or profitable business. No more, no less. We are all equal in Canada. Alberta is not a 2nd class province nor are we taken advantage of in any way.
@That_Bebbzy_Guy@GLemmonsignal The United States is the largest military spender in the world but they don’t do it to protect Canada. Canada has already increased military spending to 2% of GDP and will move to 5% in the years to come same with other NATO members and yet the US only plans to spend even more.
@CrockerBrock It’s folly to be dependent on another country for basic food stuffs. Open trade of basic foods would kill Canadian agriculture & Canadians would soon depend on a hostile country for dairy, eggs. Canada would have had zero eggs for months during the American bird flu cull in 2025.
@PrairieVeteran The "leftist folks" you like to see leave Alberta include the majority of doctors, nurses, teachers, scientists, professors, managers, lawyers, accountants, bankers, financiers, engineers, artists, civil servants. You don't want these folks in Alberta? Good luck having an economy
Heather McPherson: I think what Danielle Smith is doing in Alberta is weaponizing and giving fuel to a separatist movement ... It's a mistake. It's a premier that is trying to distract from her failures.
#ableg
WTF?
Danielle Smith says she LOVES ‘hearing different perspectives’ from everyday Albertans!
Last week she heard them in a millionaire’s living room
Here’s who gets access to the Premier…and what they’re asking for in return
(Hint: MILLIONS for a new private school)
@Mcred9@EmailSusans@JSJamato Unions by definition are made up of ordinary working Albertans...with patriotic love for Alberta within Canada. I suppose unions will be outlawed in an independent Alberta...
@treadheavynow@JustMeSpeakin Page one it states Alberta is owed $334B from the CPP. That was debunked over two years ago as complete nonsense - and yet here it is in the report as a "conservative estimate". You have already been hoodwinked by a bunch of grifters and that's only page one.
@treadheavynow Where are these "excellent relationships" coming from? MAGA America doesn't respect any neighbour so why will it respect little, landlocked Alberta? Why would any other nation want to deal with a landlocked nation in the middle of North America surrounded by hostile neighbours?
@BlaineBadiuk The Forever Canadian petition is a patriotic declaration for the status quo - signatories to FC support Alberta remaining in Confederation - why would they want to test that? It’s the separatists that want a test for change & Smith is bending over backwards to deliver it.
@albertaseparate Reliable polling from Janet Brown Research - a well respected Alberta polling firm - recently showed no gain in support for independence, in fact from a year ago support was down one percent to 27 percent.