One month after finance ministers met to discuss the Alberta government’s intent to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) public opinion polling by the Angus Reid Institute suggests there’s little desire among Albertans or the rest of Canada to see Alberta leave the plan.
Stop electing morons and this would be less of an issue
I’m sorry for my neighbors. People out here are more interested in punishing Trudeau than they are in improving their own lives
Oh yeah, my mother was pushed down the internet conspiracy theory rabbit hole by her idiot boyfriend over the course of the pandemic. Their latest dumbass move to was to relocate to Alberta because the political climate more closely aligned with their beliefs. Given that my mother is chronically ill, and it had taken years for her to find good specialists, I will not be surprised when I get the call that she’s died early because her disease isn’t being properly managed.
As if Smith gives a single shit what Albertans or anyone except her O&G backers want.
This is going to be the model for elections from now on.
Anger the population into electing an extremist party … convince the people to elect the extremist party … then after the election everyone wonders why the extremist party is doing extreme things … spend the next few years complaining about the extremist party … do it again at the next election cycle.
Thanks for exporting that south of the border. Or wait, is it thanks for importing that from south of the border? Either way, we all pay.
“Alberta’s young working population and more jobs with higher wages has resulted in Albertans over-contributing tens of billions into the CPP compared to the benefits we’ve received,” states a Government of Alberta video promoting the creation of an Alberta pension plan.
Aren’t the high wages (and young people) predominately because oil/gas? Are those not national natural resources?
Are those not national natural resources?
They are not. The government of Canada owns 0.56% of fossil fuels in Canada. The majority of ownership is by private corporations. Canada’s natural resources have been sold to private companies. It’s their natural resources now.
The young people aren’t because of oil/gas - they’re mostly because Calgary and Edmonton are pretty decent in terms of services and actually affordable.
Better keep voting against your interests, Alberta!
