If you relied upon Facebook and Twitter for information, you would probably think that Albertans are all starving because they are keeping the rest of Canada in the lap of luxury. Albertans are bombarding social media with posts about how hard done by they are.
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We have another Province in our Federation that is also an oil producing Province, Newfoundland and Labrador. When Mr Harper and Mr Kenney designed the current Equalisation programme in 2011, they carefully excluded NFLD because of their offshore oil.
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The average family income in Nfld is about 35% lower than Alberta, housing is cheaper, but everything else is more expensive because of geography. If their electricity utility is to stay solvent they need to double the price to the consumer.
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Their government cannot raise sufficient revenue to keep even basic services going.
Have you seen people from NFLD bitching? NO
#Nfld #Alberta #Confederation #Equalisation
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Have you seen people from NFLD bitching? NO
#Nfld #Alberta #Confederation #Equalisation
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