stemmer stemmer:
tritium tritium:
Nationalize the Canadian oil industry.
Quit sending off so much of "Canadian" resources south of the border. Should adopt a Canadian first policy.
Build more refineries in Canada and lower the price of gas at the pump to help the middle class.
AND that would be a good catalyst for Alberta to separate from Canada or become the 51st state.
Economic Cost of Federation for Alberta, 1961 – Present
Alberta has, on a per capita basis, been Ottawa's largest single contributor. For example, between 1961 and 1992, Alberta paid $139 billion more to Ottawa than it received back from Ottawa. That is what it cost Albertans to be Canadian. *
And where did the money go? During that time frame, the province of Quebec, despite its large population and vibrant economy, was a net recipient of over $ 168 billion from Ottawa. Alberta was paying Quebec to be Canadian. *
* Source: Dr. Robert Mansell and Ronald Schlenker, "The Provincial Distribution of Federal Fiscal Balances," Canadian Business Economics 3:2 (Winter, 1995), 3-21
We aren't helping out the Atlantic provinces( I'd like to)! Ottawa has been feeding us a pack of lies.