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Diver Down said:....it's amazing that Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are being forced by our wonderful Federal Gov to give away most of their royalties to the Natural Gas fields .. It is also amazing that the North West Territories (Now the second largest exporter of Diamonds in the world) are not keeping their billions of generated royalties.
from darkness lite said:Being biased, because I live there, why should Alberta share its windfall? Alberta gives $12 billion a year already to the Canadian coffers, only getting approx $3 billion in Health transfer payments. I doubt any other province can say that.
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FDL
Diver Down said:It is also amazing that the North West Territories (Now the second largest exporter of Diamonds in the world) are not keeping their billions of generated royalties.
Diver Down said:You know .. As a Maritimer, I say Good for Alberta, I probably wouldn't share such a winfall either.
Now with that said, it's amazing that Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are being forced by our wonderful Federal Gov to give away most of their royalties to the Natural Gas fields .. It is also amazing that the North West Territories (Now the second largest exporter of Diamonds in the world) are not keeping their billions of generated royalties.
You're not wrong. Territories fall under federal jurisdiction, so the royalties will go wherever the feds want it to.Glorified Ape said:I may be wrong but I believe that may be because they're a territory and not a province.
Jumper said:I'm was born a Martimer and grew up in NS, however I now consider my self a red blooded Albertan (having lived here for the last 10 years). I occasionally go back to the old country, and after my week or so "down home" I'm glad that I left. You know why the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland don't get to keep the lion's share of oil royalties like Alberta? Because maritime politicians are gutless and the population will always vote in the party that's the most likely to hand out the free money. All the fed libs have to do is throw a bone or two their way once and awhile.
Worn Out Grunt said:For all the Albertans with parents in other parts of the country - if you don't support equalization, who's supposed to pay for your parents pensions and health care? Do you send a cheque every month?
One of the reasons Alberta is doing so well is that everyone moves there to work, conveniently leaving welfare, education, pension and health care cases where they came from. So if you want to minimize the role and effect of the federal government, how are you going to address these issues?
McGinty is right to complain about the fiscal dividend. Every year Ontario has its human resources expoited to the tune of $23 billion. Perhaps folks shouldn't worry about Alberta, Quebec or Newfoundland leaving, but start thinking about a scenario in which 11 million people just leave and stop sending truckloads of money to the rest of the country.
By the way, the Auto pact expired years ago. Arguments about Ontario gaining unfairly due to federal trade deals is a dead issue.