[BrettB]

So a vote if necessary, but not necessarily a vote?

 

[policyenthusiast]

Adding a skill testing question like (3+8)x4 to the referendum would drop the separatist vote to near-zero.

EDIT: I was wrong, it was just a shuffle.

 

[CplKlinger]

Adding a skill testing question like (3+8)x4 to the referendum would drop the separatist vote to near-zero.

Also two more ministers are stepping down.

Wait, like two more today? Holy cow.

Off topic, but should I like your comment, or should I hold a discussion as outlined under the site rules about potentially not liking your comment?

 

[bodsbods9090]

Adding a skill testing question like (3+8)x4 to the referendum would drop the separatist vote to near-zero.

Also two more ministers are stepping down.

Two more aside from the two already announced?

The ship is beginning to sink because didn't she just shuffle her cabinet?

 

[MacLac]

I couldn’t stop laughing my ass off at this video….both “Clint and Tara” are her Central Albertan constituents in a nutshell….

In one Alberta town, frustration with Ottawa is fuelling separatist support

Frustration with Ottawa, distrust in the federal Liberal government and anger over energy policies are helping fuel support for Alberta separation in the central Alberta town of Sundre.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Kosy123]

Tara Bernakevitch believes Alberta’s wealth is unfairly distributed to other parts of the country, while local problems remain unresolved. “(I’m) really tired of Quebec and every other country getting our money. We have homeless people on the streets everywhere, and yet every other country is getting money,” she said.

I'm getting really tired of:
a.) rural conservative Albertans thinking they speak for the entire province
b.) rural Albertans unashamedly saying something like this when they're net recipients of intraprovincial equalization payments from Edmonton and Calgary.

I honestly wish someone would start publicizing how much rural communities take and take, rather than give. I'm fine with it (for the most part) since all Albertans deserve equitable service, but the absolute gall and shamelessness from these selfish idiots is something else. Not recognizing they're the "Quebec" of our own equalization yet whining about it like they're the ones personally sending the cheque.

 

[Gus Haynes]

I'm getting really tired of:
a.) rural conservative Albertans thinking they speak for the entire province
b.) rural Albertans unashamedly saying something like this when they're net recipients of intraprovincial equalization payments from Edmonton and Calgary.

I mean, I can hazard a pretty safe guess that if we diverted tax dollars to UBI payments for homeless people, Tara would be just as incensed as she is now.

 

[Kosy123]

I mean, I can hazard a pretty safe guess that if we diverted tax dollars to UBI payments for homeless people, Tara would be just as incensed as she is now.

I mean yeah, these people have no sense of shame and will move goal posts. Call them out on it and they'll cry about how they're being oppressed.

 

[trevorhayden]

Rural Alberta is an ever shrinking influence on the province. This is their last collective dying breath.

 

[The_Cat]

About 80% of Albertans live in the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor.

 

[fromyeg]

About 80% of Albertans live in the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor.

If anyone has friends/family in SE Calgary, please encourage them to not vote UCP next election.

 

[Gronk!]

The Premier is doing a presser on the separation issue.
We'll continue to see her talking out of both sides of her mouth until the referendum occurs in October.

 

[kcantor]

I'm getting really tired of:
a.) rural conservative Albertans thinking they speak for the entire province
b.) rural Albertans unashamedly saying something like this when they're net recipients of intraprovincial equalization payments from Edmonton and Calgary.

I honestly wish someone would start publicizing how much rural communities take and take, rather than give. I'm fine with it (for the most part) since all Albertans deserve equitable service, but the absolute gall and shamelessness from these selfish idiots is something else. Not recognizing they're the "Quebec" of our own equalization yet whining about it like they're the ones personally sending the cheque.

I'm pretty sure that your blanket assumption about "rural communities taking and taking rather than giving" is far from the truth. The provincial incomes from places like Wood
Buffalo, Athabasca, Cold Lake, Grand Prairie, Peace River, Camrose - even Hinton and Hardisty - are what arguably drives the provincial economy.

 

[Kosy123]

I'm pretty sure that your blanket assumption about "rural communities taking and taking rather than giving" is far from the truth. The provincial incomes from places like Wood
Buffalo, Athabasca, Cold Lake, Grand Prairie, Peace River, Camrose - even Hinton and Hardisty - are what arguably drives the provincial economy.

In terms of tax income? Probably Wood Buffalo and Grande Prairie, definitely not Camrose and southern Alberta when it comes vis a vis provincial expenditures vs provincial income over the years, especially when it comes to infrastructure maintenance and health centre expenditures.

 

[kcantor]

GDP per capita by economic region is probably the closest single quantifiable statistic that is readily available from either the feds or the province.
While Statistics Canada releases periodic economic accounts for its 35 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and regions, the exact per-capita value is primarily localized to major population centers and non-urban groupings (compiled by ATB):

• Non-CMA Areas (Rest of Alberta): \(\$101,772\) per resident. This region includes resource-rich areas (like Wood Buffalo/Fort McMurray) and vast agricultural zones. The staggering energy extraction output pushes the per-capita GDP far beyond provincial and national averages.
• Calgary Economic Region: \(\$73,466\) to \(\$75,000+\). As the corporate headquarters of the Canadian energy industry, Calgary consistently posts the highest GDP per capita among major Canadian metropolitan areas.
• Edmonton Economic Region: \(\$63,464\). As the provincial capital and a hub for manufacturing, public administration, and nearby industrial servicing, Edmonton's economic output per capita remains strong despite trailing Calgary and the surrounding resource regions.
• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: \(\$53,125\). Driven largely by intensive agriculture, food processing, and renewable energy investments, this southern region features a robust but less energy-intensive per-capita GDP compared to northern counterparts.

So, without debating the merits or non-merits of including or not including Camrose or Hardisty (population +/-623) as examples it's still pretty clear that those of us living in Edmonton and Calgary are not "carrying the rest of vast non-contributing rural areas of the province" on our backs.