RE:RE:RE:Where the Alberta persecution complex comes from..."BY LAW..." Bwahahahahaha.... have you not learned anything after the last 4 years. Laws are maleable and open to interpretation. Even with that, the land mass of the norther hemisphere is genocidal lawless post nation comprised of a population of nationalist squatters from other sovereign countries. There are no rights or laws on this rock.
packerdriver wrote: Red_Deer wrote: Hey PACKER__You ASKED ""Where the Alberta persecution complex comes from""
Have You NEVER HEARD of the NEP Which WAS FORCED by PIERRE TRUDEAU
Upon ALBERTA__Imposing PRICE CONTROLS and TAXES on Alberta Oil/Gas
Production__FOR the SAKE of CANADA
MOST Albertans Who WERE Adults in the EARLY 80s When the NEP Was IMPLEMENTED
ARE STILL ALIVE__And REMEMBER VERY WELL eh !!!
AND This is CONSTANTLY EXACERBATED by the EQUAlLIZATION PayMents BEING
MADE by ALBERTA__FOR the SAKE of CANADA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_Program
packerdriver wrote: it comes from pieces like this:
https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-alberta-premier-smith-right-to-walk-away-from-cof-joint-declaration
NOBODY ever talked about "cutting off one-quarter of the oil America needs"...that is pure fiction.
What has been discussed is export tariffs on ENERGY exports...ALL energy....making it more expensive.....by how much nobody even knows....
To refuse to discuss...to not even ATTEND for pete's sake...Smith is playing right into Trump's hand.
Her and O'Leary are an embarassement...
Oil production in Alberta is up OVER FORTY PERCENT in nine years.....GIVE US BREAK ALREADY.
Enough with the whining and complaining
Except that Alberta does NOT make EQ payments. Alberta taxapayers pay federal income taxes at the very same rates like ALL other Canadians. BY LAW the EQ formula gets reviewed every 5 years. The Harper government did it twice....in 2009 it made substantive chnages to it, in 2014 it did not see a reason to make further changes the formula....
I not a big fan of the Fraser Institute... but I'm a BIG fan of separating fact from fiction....
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/equalization-separating-fact-fiction