2020 UPDATE: NEWS FLASH - New information has come to light
"Since 1961, Albertans have paid $661 billion more to Ottawa — and by extension to the other provinces — than we have received back in federal spending. Even during the downturn that ravaged Alberta families and businesses, we still punched above our weight for the rest of Canada."
Source CHECK:
This link uses the next link as a source: https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-any-equalization-rebates-should-go-back-to-alberta-taxpayers
This link uses the next link as a source. See page 17 of: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/d8933f27-5f81-4cbb-97c1-f56b45b09a74/resource/d5836820-d81f-4042-b24e-b04e012f4cde/download/fair-deal-panel-report-to-government-may-2020.pdf
Please note that the source below is also the source for $611 billion from 1961 - 2017. So $661 billion might be a "typo" in the fair deal panel report. However, the report does have numbers for 2018 amounting to another $17.2 billion (which when added to 611 equals 638.2 billion). Therefore $661 billion could be possible if 2019's numbers (whatever they may be) were added as well. Time will tell.
Quote from article above:
"Six-hundred and eleven billion dollars [$611 Billion] and counting. That is how much Albertans have paid to the rest of Canada in net federal fiscal transfers from 1961 to 2017 — that is, federal taxes paid by Albertans net of federal spending in Alberta (all numbers in 2017 dollars)."
"According to Professor Robert Mansell, Albertans have given Canada $611 billion more in federal taxes than we have received back in transfers and services since 1961. Albertans have made a net contribution of $200 billion in the last decade alone. That means an Alberta family of four has contributed an average of $14,700 per year to the rest of the country over the past six decades." (Page 98 - UCP platform 2019) CLICK HERE for our information source. (NOTE: The UCP has been making online changes to this website - and quite possibly the original PDF, so here's the PDF as of February 6, 2023 >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QDny_D84kb1HyyFwqeGf6tcomhznJClN/view?usp=sharing
What can Albertans do
about this huge-scale theft?
more READING on the subject:
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/a-friend-in-need-recognizing-albertas-outsized-contribution-to-confederation.pdf
https://www.ualberta.ca/business/Centres/~/media/business/Centres/WCER/Documents/Publications/155ElectronicApril2final.pdf
CLICK below:
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How You Can Vote "No" to Canada
... and still be counted
more READING on the subject:
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/a-friend-in-need-recognizing-albertas-outsized-contribution-to-confederation.pdf
https://www.ualberta.ca/business/Centres/~/media/business/Centres/WCER/Documents/Publications/155ElectronicApril2final.pdf
NEW LINK for the above article:
(EDITORIAL note -- I find it "odd" that "links" for research and other literature -about "equalization" have been changed since the UCP announced its referendum about the same. Even the UCP "changed" its "links" in its online 2019 platform. See note below "yellow graphic")
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-canadians-have-taken-alberta-for-granted-thats-dangerous-for-us-all
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-canadians-have-taken-alberta-for-granted-thats-dangerous-for-us-all
WATCH here for the reason
why Canada should NOT
take anymore money
(they call it transfer payments)
out of Alberta:
So if you consider this a problem
(and to be sure even some Albertans don't),
what is the answer?
Maybe read (+some videos in between):
Abolish Provinces?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/abolish-provinces-jay-bortnik/
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take anymore money
(they call it transfer payments)
out of Alberta:
So if you consider this a problem
(and to be sure even some Albertans don't),
what is the answer?
Maybe read (+some videos in between):
Abolish Provinces?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/abolish-provinces-jay-bortnik/
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For the "basic" facts about
How Alberta and Saskatchewan Compare
TO --- the rest of Canada and the World
WATCH this YouTube video:
The Shocking Truth
About Alberta
and Saskatchewan
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