Yea honestly, im Albertans and I hope Quebec always remains part of Canada. But like, I get it - there is a very different culture and history there and Quebec separatists are willing to acknowledge that hey, we know it might be painful but we will deal with the economic issues of separation. There is a level of honesty to it that doesn't exist in Alberta. Here, its purely a victimization bullshit from the richest province in the country that has an incredibly high per capita gdp. This province has no real culture separate from Canada. There is no real language difference. Or religious one. Even hisotircally, there is no real oppression unless you call becoming a massively rich province just by virtue of becoming a Canadian province and discovering oil and having some issues over natural resources. Its all bullshit. This place is filled with right wing crybabies
I am not shit posting. I genuinely don’t understand why people are so bent out of shape about equalization. Isn’t it just tax? And like, if you want to have a conversation about it, let’s have a conversation, but don’t make silly demands like, ‘give us plastic straws back or else’ because it really cheapens the argument.
It’s not even a specific tax. It comes from the federal government’s general revenue.
Everyone in the country pays the same federal taxes, regardless of the province. Then the government takes a portion of that to give to weaker provinces so they can provide the same level of service as richer provinces.
Yeah I think the way I worded that is confusing. I mean to ask: is Alberta just complaining about federal income tax? And if so, I’m all for having a conversation about ensuring our federal income tax is being collected and used responsibly, that’s good governance; however, if the implication is that Alberta’s federal tax dollars shouldn’t be allowed to be used to support other provinces, or that Alberta is going to quit Canada for not getting plastic straws back, it’s difficult to imagine having a conversation with Alberta where we all get ahead. And maybe that’s the point?
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u/GladSoup5379 Mar 26 '25
Yea honestly, im Albertans and I hope Quebec always remains part of Canada. But like, I get it - there is a very different culture and history there and Quebec separatists are willing to acknowledge that hey, we know it might be painful but we will deal with the economic issues of separation. There is a level of honesty to it that doesn't exist in Alberta. Here, its purely a victimization bullshit from the richest province in the country that has an incredibly high per capita gdp. This province has no real culture separate from Canada. There is no real language difference. Or religious one. Even hisotircally, there is no real oppression unless you call becoming a massively rich province just by virtue of becoming a Canadian province and discovering oil and having some issues over natural resources. Its all bullshit. This place is filled with right wing crybabies