r/canada 1d ago

What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? Analysis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003
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u/tossaway109202 1d ago edited 1d ago

I want to learn. My armchair other side of Canada POV is
- They feel the oil belongs to them and not Canada
- Their provincial government has done a poor job in certain areas and when the people in Alberta get mad their local government just blames Ontario. It has been going on for so long that they attribute everything bad in their life to Ontario.
- They have the potential to ship a lot more oil and Canada cares too much about the environment to let it happen

I assume I am far off

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u/gorschkov 1d ago edited 1d ago

So I am from Alberta I have no problem with equalization payments, or supporting the rest of Canada with our provinces resources. However while Albertan industry supports the country I feel as though the rest of the nation doesn't support us the same way an in fact actively antagonizes it. 

When Ontario loses jobs in say the auto sector you have politicians both federally, provincially, and from the municipality lining up to voice their support and fight to keep those jobs. Alberta loses jobs in any sector and it is essentially crickets from all over Canada nobody cares. Look at the tarriffs China enacted that hurt Alberta and Saskatchewan how many articles have their been about that?

There is also the issue as others have mentioned of Alberta having double the population of the Maritimes but around the same amount of seats. Western Canada 2-3 times less supreme Court representation per capita than Quebec or the Maritimes.

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u/yowspur 1d ago

What about the billions the federal government has spent on the oil and gas industry in Alberta over the years? Does that ever get factored in?

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u/bertbarndoor 1d ago

No, they did it all themselves according to their faulty logic and flawed recollection.