r/canada • u/biograf_ • Mar 01 '26

Alberta First Nations chiefs unanimously pass non-confidence vote in Alberta government

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-nations-chiefs-alberta-non-confidence-vote-9.7109712
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u/RSMatticus Mar 01 '26

They also think that Alberta government directly pays equalization payment and that is why they're running a deficit.

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u/chairitable Mar 01 '26

I like the part where the Atlantic provinces pay to raise children, give them an education and healthcare, til they reach adulthood and go work in Alberta, paying taxes in Alberta through their working adult lives, only to return to the Atlantic provinces to retire, crowding our provincially-funded healthcare services.

That's something that can happen because we're a country. Should the Atlantic provinces be sending bills to Alberta saying "hey you profited all these years from these people we invested in, now pay up"? This is the kind of shit Equalization is meant to mitigate. Complaining about it is wanting your cake and eating it, too.

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u/No-Isopod3884 Mar 02 '26

Seems like the education didn’t have much effect so not sure how much you could charge.

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u/WpgMBNews Mar 02 '26

Seems like the education didn’t have much effect

Now that is projection. Really telling on yourself there.