For people that believe we should not pay property taxes, how would you propose our society pays for the following?
Police and Fire Rescue
Public schools
Roads and infrastructure
Public parks
Libraries
BREAKING: Quebec is expected to announce on Monday that the province will eliminate the provincial sales tax on many grocery store items.
Quebec would become only the second province in Canada to do so, after Manitoba.
You can't tax rich people on unrealized gains from stocks because "it's not real money until it's sold."
So explain to me why my property taxes keep going up based on the unrealized value of my house?
I didn't sell it.
I didn't cash out.
I didn't make a profit.
But somehow I'm paying taxes on paper gains every single year.
Interesting how "unrealized gains" only become a problem when wealthy folks are involved.
Separatists: Who Owns Alberta’s Oil After You Leave?
Everyone talking about Alberta separation loves to talk about keeping the oil royalties. Stopping equalization. Building a new country on $88 billion in annual energy GDP.
But nobody wants to answer the hard question: what happens to Indigenous land rights the day after independence?
Here’s the reality. Treaties 6, 7, and 8 cover virtually all of Alberta. Those treaties weren’t signed with Canada – they were signed with the Crown. They predate Confederation. An independent Alberta doesn’t get to walk away from them. International law is pretty clear that successor states inherit treaty obligations. You can’t secede your way out of a legal commitment made in 1876.
Then there’s Aboriginal title. The Supreme Court confirmed in Tsilhqot’in (2014) that Aboriginal title includes the right to decide how land is used and to benefit economically from it. Huge portions of Alberta’s resource-producing territory sit on land where title is unresolved. Right now, that gets worked out through Canadian courts and the federal duty to consult. Post-independence? You’re on your own. No Supreme Court of Canada. No federal backstop. Just an infant government facing decades of unresolved land claims with no institutional framework to resolve them.
And here’s the part that should give every separation cheerleader pause: multiple Treaty 8 First Nations have publicly said they would seek to remain part of Canada if Alberta left. The oil sands sit in Treaty 8 territory. If those communities assert a different political relationship with Canada than with a new Alberta republic, you don’t just have a legal problem – you have a jurisdictional nightmare sitting on top of your most valuable resource.
The Enbridge pipeline deal, where 23 First Nations and Métis communities own a $1.12 billion stake? That’s a private contract. It survives separation. The communities that own a piece of Suncor’s Northern Courier pipeline? Still own it. You can change the flag. You can’t change the title deed.
Separation advocates imagine a clean break where Alberta keeps the wealth and ditches the obligations. But the wealth and the obligations are sitting on the same land. You can’t separate one from the other.
Before anyone starts designing a new passport, they should explain exactly how an independent Alberta resolves unresolved Aboriginal title claims, honours treaty obligations without a federal partner, and prevents First Nations in the Athabasca from simply declaring their territory outside Alberta’s jurisdiction entirely.
This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s the first legal challenge filed the morning after a yes vote.
‘Things are going to get a whole lot worse’: London region faces highest unemployment rate in Canada, 1,800 jobs lost in April ctvnews.ca/london/article…
@Tablesalt13@lamphieryeg Well... the Liberal party has no thoughts of thier own and hates Canada and Canadians, so of course the average peasant couldn't have free thoughts or ideas. They have to come from somewhere.
Donald Trump = Russia.
The trucker's convoy = Russia.
The Alberta Separatist movement = Russia.
Basically anything critical of the Canadian Liberal party or the American Democratic Party is "Russia"
Who believes this shit anymore?
This guy explains how his truck has been sending all his driving data to his insurance company without him knowing about it, and then he shows exactly how to turn it off in the settings.
He has a Ford F-150, but there’s probably a similar setting in your vehicle if it’s connected to the internet.
It’s a quick reminder of how much is being tracked these days… and how easy it can be to protect yourself if you just know where to look.
Have you ever checked your own vehicle settings for anything like this, or found out your car was sharing data you didn’t expect?
Note: he says that he may have opted in to sharing his data without knowing it.
You won’t believe this.
Or the plot twist.
Check out what Trump wants to do to America:
-He wants to search YOUR mail, without a warrant
-He wants to give his inner circle the power to pardon anyone for any violation that isn't criminal
-He wants to turn off all cameras from the public, for any investigations conducted by the other party-
-HE WANTS TO HIDE THINGS FROM THE PUBLIC
-He's freezing out journalists who ask tough questions
-Through negotiations, he was able to secure power to pass ANY law he wants
-He cutting backroom deals with foreign governments and hiding those details from public scrutiny
-He appointed a close friend to be an ambassador
-His close friend, got $2 billion of taxpayer dollars as a loan to grow his company
-He appointed a close friend's spouse to a senior government role
Here's the surprise.
Everything I just listed.
That's not Donald Trump.
It's Mark Carney.
Right here.
In Canada.