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@albertaNDP How much business has been taken elsewhere due to regulatory intervention from Ottawa? Alberta (and Canada) lost somewhere between $300 billion and $500+ billion in potential investment, deferred projects, and associated economic activity over Federal bullshit.

We hate to say we told you so, but ... "if Alberta were to separate from Canada, that could jeopardize investment and plans that rely on regulatory, financial and legal co-ordination within Canadian jurisdictions...in that amount of time, those investors may take their business elsewhere." globalnews.ca/news/11860428/…

@terry_truchan What happens when there's a discrepancy on a form? Yes, there's a checkbox. But there's also a long form descriptor. It calls for a referendum in no uncertain terms. In this case, the checkbox is overridden. Besides, Lukaszuk is on record asking for it.

Fuck off with your BULLSHIT! 450,000 signed the Forever Canada petition to have it voted on IN THE LEGISLATURE as POLICY, NOT A REFERENDUM. That would’ve flushed out which MLAs were separatists. If the majority voted against it, THEN a referendum is next #abpoli #cdnpoli

@kinsellawarren Jeez, you must think the world of René Lévesque.

You've legitimized separatism and rendered it permanent in Alberta for generations to come. History will remember you as unfit to run a two-house paper route.

@patgagnon_75 A better question is what have the Liberals prevented Poilievre or Smith from doing? Remember who's holding the reigns. Smith is Premier, but she's having to fight Ottawa constantly.

@loadedlen Right, remind me what Pierre or Danielle has done for you... spoiler, they're playing you as fools.

Alberta's seperatist movement doesn't represent Albertans, it represent elites who couldn't care less about any real Albertans' struggles. They only care about the people/corporations making record-breaking profits at your expense.

@RodAVanier I don't care what the law says, if I'm the target of a home invasion there will definitely be unreasonable force.

Not a chance. The use of reasonable force is already permitted. PP wants permission for home owners to use unreasonable force in defense of their home. How American is that!

@HILITINGHOCKEY Take a look at West Germany vs East Germany. Same people. Same culture. Same language. Or look at North Korea vs South Korea, or Texas vs California. In every case, conservative governments have brought prosperity where the opposite is true for left leaning governments.

@loadedlen Yeah, our expenses have risen, dumbass. Bussing kids to school, electricity bills, insurance, all of this as a result of sucking off billion dollar corporations, and a provincial government that doesn't give a shit about its people.

Alberta didn't become successful because of Conservatism. It became successful in spite of it. We ended up in this worsening situation b/c of our moronic proclivity to continue voting for the same party every election. Danielle Smith and the dysfunctional UCP is the result.

@HILITINGHOCKEY Ever heard the expression takes money to make money? Lower taxes attract investment, jobs, head offices, drilling, construction, and higher wages, that also expands the tax base and generates royalties, income taxes, property taxes, and economic activity.

@loadedlen Guess what? When you hand corporate AB a 33% tax cut, that $ has to be made up somewhere. That's why the UCP is stealing $200/month from AISH recipients, cutting healthcare & education funding, etc. You can't hand out a tax cut in 1 area without someone paying for it elsewhere

@SandyofSuffolk Boomers invented the drive-thru and built McDonald’s into a global empire, normalized TV dinners, malls, chain restaurants, and consumer culture… then spent 40 years telling younger generations, whom they ignored while building their empire, that they eat too much avocado toast.

Just so you know. Boomers didn't have fast food. Except fish and chips. Boomers didn't have ready meals. Except Vesta beef curry. Look it up. Boomers didn't have colour TVs, front loading washing machines, central heating or holidays abroad. Boomers didn't have babymoons or baby showers nor did they go on stag or hen weekends. Boomers didn't go to restaurants. Except on birthdays. Boomers didn't have new clothes every year, every season. They made do and mended. But Boomers had a fabulous time in the 1960s to 1980s because people were friendly, respectful, dignified and hardworking. Boomers also had law and order and a judiciary who punished ALL criminals. Boomers were happy with their lot. Yes. I'm a Boomer. Just so you know.

@Bob131313 People said Brexit would never happen until it did. For years betting markets treated leaving the EU as unlikely. Even late in the campaign, most models still leaned Remain. Yet the UK voted to go. Polls can be wrong. Sentiment can change. One more bad Liberal policy could be it.

Media, just stop it. Alberta will NEVER separate. NEVER. Any public vote would be an 80-20 disaster to their cause. And hell , they don’t even own the land they walk on. Just stop chasing ambulances.

@KenBoessenkool Trudeau made the TMX project so hostile and toxic by over regulation, taxation, climate hysteria, and moving goalposts that Kinder Morgan bailed and sought damages. If left alone, KM would have completed it 6x cheaper and on time. And you praise Trudeau? You think it was charity?

You forgot that they built a pipeline. With Canadian’s taxpayer dollars. Against the objections of many caucus members. And is contributing billions to Alberta’s, and Canada’s, coffers now that it’s built.

@Reil76 “Cuba did more with less” is one way to describe food rationing, blackouts, collapsed infrastructure, and people fleeing the country on homemade rafts, I guess. Alberta built a $360B economy in harsh climate while funding half the country’s social programs. You’re welcome.

Ok hear me out 😂😂😂 Canada should trade Alberta for Cuba. Cuba has world class doctors, incredible music, pristine beaches, and zero corporate lobbyists running the government. Alberta has oil, a premier who thinks Ottawa is the enemy, and nine months of winter. We send them Danielle Smith. They send us a mojito and a medical system that actually works. Cuba’s GDP is about $107 billion. Alberta’s is $361 billion CAD. But Cuba built theirs under 60 years of American economic warfare. Alberta built theirs by sitting on top of the world’s third largest oil reserves and still complaining about equalization. Honestly? Cuba did more with less. The best part of this deal: the Americans would absolutely hate it. A sovereign, thriving Cuba integrated into the Canadian economy? With access to our trade networks and free from the embargo? Washington would lose their minds. Trump would probably sanction us. Honestly at this point, worth it. Canada gets: rum, cigars, doctors, beaches, and a population that knows how to actually enjoy life. Alberta gets: to be someone else’s problem for once. I’m calling my MP. Make it happen. This is just a funny post Albertans. We wouldn’t trade you for Cuba. Although we’d trade some of your population for some Cubans.

@politicalham @IEA @BloombergNEF @ABDanielleSmith @BrianJeanAB @timhodgsonmt Really? Despite EV growth, renewables, carbon policies, and years of peak demand predictions, the world today consumes several million more barrels per day than it did before the pandemic. EV growth is not decreasing oil demand.

Alberta’s Pipeline Optimism Has Turned Into a Delusion @IEA, @BloombergNEF reports prove EVs are destroying global oil demand - or soon will be. @ABDanielleSmith, @BrianJeanAB, @timhodgsonmt et al are hallucinating. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/albertas-pip…

@politicalham Global oil consumption in 2021 was 96 million barrels per day. Global oil consumption today is 103+ million barrels per day. That's the equivalent of adding demand equal to roughly double Alberta's current output. And demand isn't slowing.

Know my argument that Alberta's view of future oil demand comes straight from OPEC? That's where Eric Nutter got the 19MM b/d of demand growth. OPEC oil demand modelling is a joke. Its assumptions are laughable. But Nutter pretends OPEC modelling is forecasting. That's nuts.

@rodmaldaner @Freerider4Pow @Afotch Alberta as a country controls the resources that BC as a province of Canada depends on. "Turn off the taps" gains real meaning. It's a common negotiation tactic among other nations. Let's see how fast a pipeline gets through when they're starving for energy.

@Freerider4Pow @Afotch You do realize that Alberta as a country is landlocked, right?

Exactly this. Exactly. Smith is not a team player. He brings receipts.

@Leeman68 @85Draper @rodmaldaner We pay lower taxes than any other province, and no PST. That's because of oil. Federal policies have eroded that advantage. Pipelines to other markets will restore it. But pipelines with a $20B+ CCUS disaster, a $130/ton carbon price and a guaranteed carbon floor price won't.

@85Draper @rodmaldaner Lol. I asked for better healthcare. Better education for our youth. More affordable living. More affordable insurance. Instead, we got a dumpster fire of scandals and corruption. Costs up, service and quality down. Now this separation BS. She’s been a disaster.

@Afotch @rodmaldaner Federal policies are what's making investment in Alberta risky. When a problem exists in an otherwise sound plan, and you remove the problem... what happens?

The federal government HAD to finish TMX when all private proponents walked away from the project. $30B for a project that should have cost $18B. No private proponents will build pipelines in Canada under the risk profile defined by the Federal government. The new one will cost $40B…minimum. Elbows Up Retard.

@rodmaldaner @AB_4Ever_Strong You're a fool, Rod. Trudeau didn't decide to buy TMX out of charity. He was forced to after he created the conditions that drove KM out. He didn't do us a favor. We'd have been better off without taxpayers funding a massively over budget pipeline, that was already funded by KM.

@AB_4Ever_Strong Says the guy wishing to rip the country apart. I know you’ve declared to gtfo when your plan fails, miserably? Or are you all talk?

@rodmaldaner Trudeau's difficult decision was "how the fuck do I save my ass after I made TMX so toxic, that KM wants to pull out and sue for damages?" Canada would have been far better off if Kinder Morgan finished it instead of creating the political conditions that scared them off.