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Posted by Herman
- April 29, 2026, 06:29:54 PMFrom Rebel News
For decades, Alberta has played the dutiful, smiling province. We wrote the cheques. We apologized for our wealth. We sent tens of billions of dollars to Ottawa — and in return, we were told we are dirty, stupid, and embarrassing. Our pipelines were blocked. Our oil was shut in. Our money was seized under "equalization" and shipped east to bankroll politicians who openly despise us. And every time we raised our hand, they told us to shut up.
No. I've seen it all before — I spent a decade working with Preston Manning when he said, "The West wants in". It just didn't work. And it won't. It can't. The system is rigged.
That's why the referendum is so critical. On everything from immigration to criminal justice to pipelines to taxes to foreign policy, it's time to send those bastards in Ottawa a message they will never forget!
For decades, Alberta has played the dutiful, smiling province. We wrote the cheques. We apologized for our wealth. We sent tens of billions of dollars to Ottawa — and in return, we were told we are dirty, stupid, and embarrassing. Our pipelines were blocked. Our oil was shut in. Our money was seized under "equalization" and shipped east to bankroll politicians who openly despise us. And every time we raised our hand, they told us to shut up.
No. I've seen it all before — I spent a decade working with Preston Manning when he said, "The West wants in". It just didn't work. And it won't. It can't. The system is rigged.
That's why the referendum is so critical. On everything from immigration to criminal justice to pipelines to taxes to foreign policy, it's time to send those bastards in Ottawa a message they will never forget!
Posted by Herman
- April 29, 2026, 05:44:16 PMEvery billion that leaves Alberta and Saskatchewan is a hospital we didn't build, a road we didn't fix, a future we shipped east.
Independence is how that stops.
Independence is how that stops.
Posted by Herman
- April 27, 2026, 07:20:35 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 27, 2026, 06:47:00 PMOil prices are surging and the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are likely going to see a massive resource revenue windfall this year.
For every dollar increase in oil prices, the Alberta government takes in about $750 million extra. In Saskatchewan, every dollar increase gets the province about $16 million more.
For every dollar increase in oil prices, the Alberta government takes in about $750 million extra. In Saskatchewan, every dollar increase gets the province about $16 million more.
Posted by Herman
- April 24, 2026, 07:52:19 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 23, 2026, 02:21:46 PMMark Carney wants to end Canada's ties with the US while 88.5% of Alberta and Saskatchewan's exports go there.
He is destroying the prairie economy to score points with Eastern Canada.
He is destroying the prairie economy to score points with Eastern Canada.
Posted by Herman
- April 21, 2026, 04:56:38 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 20, 2026, 06:53:38 PMEqualization reform intended to restrain costs has actually resulted in $10.5 billion in higher spending since 2018/19
By: Ben Eisen and Joel Emes
- article below
• In 2009, the federal government altered the equalization formula by creating a rule requiring aggregate payments to grow in line with recent national nominal economic growth. This change is known as the Fixed Growth Rate (FGR) rule.
• The rule was introduced to control program costs, which had risen rapidly in the preceding decade. However, following convergence in provincial fiscal capacity beginning around 2015, it began to require upward adjustments rather than downward ones, functioning as a floor rather than a ceiling.
• We refer to payments generated by the FGR's floor function as constituting "over-equalization." This bulletin estimates their cost since 2018/19 at approximately $10.5 billion, with the rule accounting for more than 10 percent of total program costs in three separate years.
• A more fundamental problem, which we illustrate, is that the FGR severs the link between changes to the equalization formula and changes in total program spending. This limits the potential effectiveness of many reform options.
• We review a range of reform proposals and show that, absent changes to the FGR itself, they would primarily reallocate payments among provinces rather than reduce aggregate spending.
• In this important sense, the program is broken: a rule intended to constrain program costs now prevents the formula from adjusting total spending in line with changes in relative provincial fiscal capacity and limits the effectiveness of many possible policy reforms.
-- Fraser Institute, April 16, 2026
By: Ben Eisen and Joel Emes
- article below
• In 2009, the federal government altered the equalization formula by creating a rule requiring aggregate payments to grow in line with recent national nominal economic growth. This change is known as the Fixed Growth Rate (FGR) rule.
• The rule was introduced to control program costs, which had risen rapidly in the preceding decade. However, following convergence in provincial fiscal capacity beginning around 2015, it began to require upward adjustments rather than downward ones, functioning as a floor rather than a ceiling.
• We refer to payments generated by the FGR's floor function as constituting "over-equalization." This bulletin estimates their cost since 2018/19 at approximately $10.5 billion, with the rule accounting for more than 10 percent of total program costs in three separate years.
• A more fundamental problem, which we illustrate, is that the FGR severs the link between changes to the equalization formula and changes in total program spending. This limits the potential effectiveness of many reform options.
• We review a range of reform proposals and show that, absent changes to the FGR itself, they would primarily reallocate payments among provinces rather than reduce aggregate spending.
• In this important sense, the program is broken: a rule intended to constrain program costs now prevents the formula from adjusting total spending in line with changes in relative provincial fiscal capacity and limits the effectiveness of many possible policy reforms.
-- Fraser Institute, April 16, 2026
Posted by Herman
- April 19, 2026, 07:50:37 PMThe question is no longer whether Canada is in decline.
The question is how much longer Alberta and Saskatchewan are willing to stay on the sinking ship.
The question is how much longer Alberta and Saskatchewan are willing to stay on the sinking ship.
Posted by Herman
- April 19, 2026, 07:49:09 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 19, 2026, 07:33:09 PMPrairie Independence is the choice between becoming Dubai 2.0 or Venezuela 2.0.
Posted by Herman
- April 17, 2026, 08:32:35 PMDictator Carney is a recruiter for the prairie independence movement.
Posted by Herman
- April 17, 2026, 08:16:44 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 17, 2026, 08:07:30 PM
Posted by Herman
- April 17, 2026, 06:44:24 PMBetween 2007 and 2022, Albertans sent $244.6 billion more to Ottawa than we received back. That's not over a century. That's fifteen years.
Extending that pattern further back reveals staggering cumulative totals.
Here's what makes the number sting. While Alberta bankrolls the federation, federal policies actively undermine our economy. Bill C-69, ruled largely unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, drove investment away. The Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled outright. Energy East was killed by regulatory hurdles. Oil and gas investment dropped 56 percent in a decade.
Meanwhile, a 2024 Deloitte report found Ottawa's emissions cap alone will shrink Alberta's GDP by $191 billion over ten years.
We're not just paying more than our share. We're paying more while being told to produce less.
Extending that pattern further back reveals staggering cumulative totals.
Here's what makes the number sting. While Alberta bankrolls the federation, federal policies actively undermine our economy. Bill C-69, ruled largely unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, drove investment away. The Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled outright. Energy East was killed by regulatory hurdles. Oil and gas investment dropped 56 percent in a decade.
Meanwhile, a 2024 Deloitte report found Ottawa's emissions cap alone will shrink Alberta's GDP by $191 billion over ten years.
We're not just paying more than our share. We're paying more while being told to produce less.