"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 101 - UCP platform 2019) CLICK HERE for our information source
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
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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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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