Canadian Politics Today

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Nonsense, if Ontario had ten times the population you would still be making the same argument.

In 2018 Alberta's energy industry contributed 71.5 billion to Canada's GDP and 22% of its exports. When is that going to sink in?

But hey, let's just keep bad mouthing each other, it is so much easier and fun than dealing with real issues. Pretty soon we will be calling each other deplorables.

As a country I assume theyd have among the highest standard of living in the world, one of the highest per-capita income in the world.

duhhhh...   they already do?

Those oilsands are also in a place called Canada.
They can compensate Canada on their way out the door for our oil sands that we agreed to give them in 1930.

It's not about paying more taxes, we all pay the same tax rates.

While it would be comforting to believe that Alberta is the victim of a sinister Laurentian plot, the fact remains that the province is paying an unfair share of Canada’s tax primarily because it is incredibly rich and incredibly young.

In 2015, Alberta had Canada’s highest median income at $100,300, compared to $80,940 for Canada generally.

Even after the collapse in oil prices, Fort McMurray continues to have the highest individual median incomes in Canada at $76,004.

On the list of richest Canada cities per capita, meanwhile, Calgary and Edmonton occupy the number two and the number three spots (Ottawa is number one).


An Albertan flaunts his wealth. Colleen De Neve/Calgary Herald
All of this means that, like most rich people, Albertans have higher tax bills. It also means that they’re generally less dependent on federal government programs: Less social assistance and fewer GST credits, among others.

According to the Alberta government, only 55.7 per cent of its residents received income from government transfers, compared to 68.9 per cent everywhere else in Canada.

It also helps that Alberta has a long tradition of shipping its old people to Victoria, Kelowna or the Lower Mainland. When a retired Leduc oilman receives a pension cheque at his West Vancouver beach house, it’s registered as a federal transfer to B.C., rather than Alberta.

By last count, Alberta had a median age of 36, making it the youngest province in Canada. This not only means fewer pensions, but less need for healthcare spending.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/of-course-alberta-is-getting-fleeced-by-ottawa-just-not-in-the-way-you-think

Squid, how well do you would fare in a BC that was cut off from the RoC by a foreign country?

If Alberta had taken half of what it sent to the RoC in transfers that it didn't get back over the last 30 years, put it in a Heritage Fund compounded at 5% annually, it would be worth over 700 billion today.

If Alberta had taken half of what it sent to the RoC in transfers that it didn't get back over the last 30 years, put it in a Heritage Fund compounded at 5% annually, it would be worth over 700 billion today.