1) I'm not the moron who got baited into having a meltdown. Just because you live in B.C. and most likely in an urban area, meaning you're both too stoned to have a sound opinion and voted for Trudeau twice doesn't mean you have to take everything personally. Try putting down the bong and you might understand that everything isn't about you.
2) The fact that you're upset that I've informed people about how the majority of the population of Canada thinks and behaves and upset enough to shit your diaper and throw a tantrum proves what I say to be true.
3) I'm still reviewing the thread. I'll merge the posts when I'm done.
4) How is Alberta acting like a spoiled child when we're just asking for an even deal in return for what we give to the rest of the country. The only spoiled petulant children are the rest of the welfare leeches, like yourself, who rely on the labor of Albertans and the riches of our confiscated earnings to live the lives you have. I'll spell some things out in point-form to make things easier for your childlike mind to understand that Alberta has been getting the shaft from the start:
-The EI program would collapse without Albertans paying more than they receive from the program. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Albertans have to work more hours than Canadians in any other province before they can qualify for EI benefits, and once approved will receive benefits for a shorter period of time. This is unfair to Albertans.
-The Canadian Pension Program would collapse without Albertans paying more into the program than they receive. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Albertan oil is subject to a carbon tax while imported oil from Saudi Arabia is exempt, thus making foreign oil cheaper. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Alberta, currently in an economic slump due to conditions created by the current federal government still sends more money in equalization payments to the rest of the country than it receives in aid. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Since the start of the equalization program, Alberta has contributed over 80 billion dollars and is the only province or territory to have never received a cent from the program. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Alberta/Saskatchewan were both forced into confederation so that Lower Canada could construct the railroad to connect themselves to British Columbia to prevent the US from annexing BC. Then, to ensure that we would never have the political impact of other parts of the country our territory was arbitrarily split in half. This is unfair to Albertans.
-Canada has signed UN treaties that guarantee that all regions of the country have the right to access international markets via our coastlines. Canadians adore the UN, and yet you refuse to honor your own international agreement to the detriment of Alberta AND the remained of Canada, since all of the above welfare programs are funded by the taxation of the income of Albertans, just to spite us. This is unfair to Albertans.
-The Constitution Act of 1982, signed into law by what the education system and most Canadians claim to be the "Greatest and Best Prime Minister our undeserving nation ever had Pierre Elliott Trudeau", guarantees the rights of provinces to have access to markets. The rest of you refuse to honor the constitution to spite Alberta. This is unfair to Albertans.
-When the federal government accepted Syrian/Iraqi refugees during the fight against ISIS, 80% of them were settled in Alberta AFTER Albertans told the federal government we couldn't take them since we had no jobs to offer. This was unfair to Albertans.
-After taking the above refugees, the rest of the country told the federal government they were struggling to provide services to their shared 20% of the refugees and needed more money. Guess who's taxes funded that?
-Remember how the rest of the country shits on Alberta's oil and coal and insists that we transition out of these industries? Ignore how this would mean we need to import the gas to heat our homes and the electricity to power them. Alberta also has considerable uranium deposits and could over-night transition to cleaner energy. BUT, when we had the audacity to request the federal government allow Alberta to mine our own resources, we were told no. This is unfair to Albertans.
See, what ignorant little snots like you have never understood and are too stoned and dumb to ever understand is that all Alberta ever asks for is the ability to work. And that's all we want now, is to be able to pump our resources out of the ground and transport them to market. And in return, we will bless all of you with the mil.k and honey you demand. Again, to make things easier for your dumb ass to understand, I'll make some lists.
Albertans demand of Canada:
-The freedom to work and send our product to market uninhibited by the federal government or the rest of confederation.
The rest of Canada demands of Alberta:
-The funding of the Canadian Pension Program
-The funding of the Canadian Employment Insurance Program
-The funding of healthcare via National Health Transfers by the Federal Government.
-The funding of social service programs in the remaining provinces and territories.
Without including the need Canada has of Alberta for CPP and EI, if Alberta didn't have to pay transfer payments Albertans would collectively have over $5000 dollars for every man, woman, and child living in the province.
You people, who look down upon us for the crime of wanting to be left alone, rely on us for your very way of live in every sense of the word. Your roads and public transport wouldn't be possible without federal transfer payments. Your healthcare wouldn't be possible without federal transfer payments. Your safety and security wouldn't be possible without federal transfer payments. Your grandmothers CPP wouldn't be paid if Albertans didn't surrender their income to the government, and your EI wouldn't be paid when you're laid off it it wasn't confiscated from Albertans. Alberta spends more to have the RCMP than we would if we had our own police. The excess finances RCMP and other policing services elsewhere in the country.
Fuck you. And every single cell in your body. Look down on Alberta and call us all the childish names you want. Just know that at the end of the day, you need us considerable more than we will ever need you.
