🔥Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dropping bombs! "Alberta, year after year, has $20-$25B that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa that can be spent in Quebec but also in other places that vote Liberal. $600B in the last 40-50 years. You don't think we will be... able to cut taxes if these $20-25B stayed here?!." This is why Alberta independence is a must. Welfare to the rest of Canada to vote against Alberta must come to its end.show more

kirk, this is performative at best they have done nothing of any importance to sotp it, they just use is as a way to placate the base and have no desire ot make real change you know this

Yup, accurate.

@AlbertaLeonidas Wrong. She's creating awareness and understanding, broadening acceptance of separatism with factual data and rationale. You, on the other hand, are throwing rocks for self-promotion. #cdnpoli #abpoli

@AlbertaLeonidas Literally everyone knows this and I completely support and for her repeating it daily. But it does replace action that can be taken internally by ourselves. You keep making excuses for it to cuddle your feelings and bias.

She’s all talk man. Panels, surveys, etc She could place a 10% cap on international students right on both public & private post secondary institutions but she won’t do it. She could demand full control of immigration, freeze it, won’t do it. Travis Towes was the better option

Agree. There is so much can be done internally and yet nothing is done. 20% of our public sector can be cut tomorrow. I don't get where the disconnect is.

Danielle Smith would make a great Prime Minister.

Her diplomatic approach at least will be much better than the Liberal's.

Absolutely. And she has a lot of common sense and understands what is important to the citizens of Alberta.

An independent Alberta:

We don't think outside the box enough for this.

In the National Parks, there are signs that instruct not to feed the wildlife because it creates dependency. Same rules apply.

Nature is nature.

Wexit!

Independence first then Wexit.

The domino's shall fall! From Rural BC to Rural MB, connect the Pacific to the Atlantic and we're set.

Smith making deals with NARCO MEXICO CARTEL

Visiting Mexico is doing deals with Narco??

Oh look the Mexican Cartel has drones and Javelins Oh look Mexican cartels are in Ukraine Army… getting TRAINING

Show me where in the Alberta budget this $20-$25B line is. $0 is "siphoned" from Alberta. Alberta independence decreases revenue and increases expenses. Having the incompetent @Alberta_UCP in charge would further exacerbate the problem.

Keep us looking at ottowa while she robs us and sells out albertans to big corporations.

It’s like a couple of kids arguing. It’s all showboating, if you’re going to fight then throw down and let the first punch fly. She’s going to push a referendum like she pushed for Alberta’s own pension fund or did everyone forget about that already?

Your province would not have existed without transfer payments and heavy subsidies for decades. The moment you can stand on your own two feet, you guys want to cut and run? It that about right? You know what that makes you?

So....fkn do it already. All you parasite politicians do is talk.

Lmfao...the day before her government posted a $7B deficit

How much money has the federal government invested in Alberta? How much was the TMX pipeline? How much money did the federal government invest in the oil sands to get the project started early on? How much money was sent for well reclamation? @grok

Run for PM, you make too much sense...

She cabal, just says things you want to hear to manipulate you. She is shutting down a doctors office that’s successfully treating cancer with Ivermectin. NWO plan is one world government. Alberta going to the US is part of it.

Would you accept refugees from Quebec? 🤣

And Quebec just takes despite sitting on billions in gas...

I wonder why she hasn't gone "Margaret Thatcher" on the UCP 'old boys club'? The lack of action & resistance on actual sovereignty issues that are mandated by citizens is puzzling. 🧐😑

Excellent. When will she do something?

Every country has rich and poor regions, and a system of redistribution. That’s not a reason to separate. There may be other good reasons, but that is not this one.

And all she delivers is words. Don’t forget that she has said is her job is to reduce the independence numbers. Everything she dies including the Next Panel needs to be understood in that context.

Money is not ‘siphoned’ out of Alberta. She knows this but is hoping the general public doesn’t.

Alberta is in an abusive relationship with Ottawa.

Transfers are pretty unpopular eh

Rewards complacency.

Equalization comes from the envelope of money that taxpayers (citizens and corporations) provide. It's not an additional tax that Albertans get charged. What would you rather this money be used for by the government?

宣布独立

Solutions are straightforward. Do as QC does - collect our own taxes and CPP, as well as changing the corporate structure of assets as QC does with hydro to retain more revenue in province. Then wait patiently for a yes vote in the future. It's over - and everyone knows it.

It is amazing Premier Smith is saying this on public records. She is definitely laying down the foundation for something bigger.

@cpainthefairway Like what?

Nothing unrealistic but things that would not be possible without government backing - referendum for independence, government infrastructure overhaul including police force and pension, then eventual secession.

Albertans AMAZINGLY pay the same taxes as every other Canadian. No extra taxes on us. Dissembling assholes