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Carrying on a long tradition of Alberta having more defensible government in most ways, and having books that are balanced despite the federal parasite of equal
by microcolonel 7y ago
Carrying on a long tradition of Alberta having more defensible government in most ways, and having books that are balanced despite the federal parasite of equalization, and a largely natural-resource driven economy (which usually produces extremely crappy government).
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoI think you just mean they have oil
- tsherr 7y agoAlberta is always happy to take help from the rest of Canada when they need it, but when they are asked to contribute, they fall back on "let them freeze to death in the dark". Alberta lucked out by having oil and even with it, managed to spend everything with very little to show for it. Wait until renewables take off (especially in the auto sector). Then they'll be singing the praises of equalization.
- microcolonel 7y ago> Wait until renewables take off (especially in the auto sector). Then they'll be singing the praises of equalization. Alberta has about 30% as much installed wind power generating capacity as Ontario, and about 30% as much population. Alberta is also better positioned for solar PV [0], and has more capacity (in absolute terms) coming online in each of the next three years than Ontario, and possibly as much or more installed already (hard to find good numbers), despite being only 30% the population. Somehow the oil province is also the renewables province, and the province of good governance. [0]: https://energyhub.org/alberta/ https://energyhub.org/alberta/