Same here Marilyn and the constant rage baiting by consecutive Conservative Governments in this province for 50+ years is disgusting. Seems these days Albertan’s don’t even acknowledge the TMX pipeline. They say they are in an abusive relationship. They are but it is not wit Ottawa. It is in Alberta. The UCP is abusive. Removing Charter rights from Albertan’s at every turn and denying judicial oversight and using Notwithstanding Clause regularly js abuse towards the citizens of Alberta. Canadians spent $34 billion for TMX. It came on line in May 2024 and Alberta has profited from it with increased revenue. The fact they blew it all is their doing. Enbridge has stated publicly another pipeline is not required. TMX is not running at capacity. Alberta separatists will destroy the economy of this province. Killing investment and causing corporations to relocate same as Quebec. They never connect the dots between separatist agenda and economic decline. Alberta has never built its own anything. It had involved federal funding. The fools refuse to realize that. I was transferred here from Quebec after the 1995 referendum. It was a horrid experience uprooting ones whole life but hitting the road again I guess is on the agenda. Quebec lost 37% of its population in 1996. Alberta will suffer the same fate since the economic decline just from having separation referendum leaves a stench that never goes away.
Ummm....I am not sure I buy the logic here. Part of your point is that a single province cannot function as a sovereign country, but Canada can. However, Canada has been not really acting so much as a sovereign country, when it cancels a digital tax because it angers the Americans. That's just one small example.
I guess the other question for me.....if our current government believes in working with the whole federation, why sign a MOU with one province, without consultation with other affected provinces or First Nations? That just put BC and Coastal first nations in a hell of a spot where the PM decided a project just had to go ahead, and then he decides to listen AFTERWARDS. So if your argument is that we all need to start rowing in the same direction, you might want to stop by the PM's office and make sure he's on that same page, or maybe he would rather that people just take dictates.
I heard this at an NDP offering in High River about the GOA of Alberta, without precedent, flouting a CPP grab. “I am a Canadian who happens to live in Alberta”!!!
One country with provinces and territories all contributing.
Now if only my interim premier would follow her hearts wishes and join her orange love interest south of the Medicine Line and let the rest of us get back to building this country for generations to come!
"Each province seeks maximum freedom of action, yet collectively Canadians lose the freedom on the world stage that a strong federal government provides. We fragment regulatory regimes, duplicate effort, and weaken our bargaining position abroad."
Put that on a t-shirt and repeat it, repeat it, repeat it.
The relationship between feds and provs became a competition for federal spending instead of agreements that provided for equality in the culture. Using federal funds to develop the oil sands may still pull this country apart. Never again!
Only culturally significant projects in the federal future budgeted by head count.Oil fields and Hydro are businesses,not culture. Highways, Railways ,Ships, Parks. Student exchanges. Seniors exhibitions.
Now the action. Single-payer universal healthcare upheld and enforced. Free, fair and informed consent. Regulation that recognizes that air and water cross borders. Clean electricity grid. Interties. Water as a sovereign right, not a commodity. The right to affordable housing.
And how about some federal oversight for those coal mines?
Cause if it's just words and another nice haircut we'll look somewhere else.
So what I'm hearing you saying is, "Confederation is worth fighting for."
Agreed.
BRAVO Mr. Hogan. I live on a dot on the map called Canada, in the province called Alberta but I am first, foremost and always Canadian. Forever.
Same here Marilyn and the constant rage baiting by consecutive Conservative Governments in this province for 50+ years is disgusting. Seems these days Albertan’s don’t even acknowledge the TMX pipeline. They say they are in an abusive relationship. They are but it is not wit Ottawa. It is in Alberta. The UCP is abusive. Removing Charter rights from Albertan’s at every turn and denying judicial oversight and using Notwithstanding Clause regularly js abuse towards the citizens of Alberta. Canadians spent $34 billion for TMX. It came on line in May 2024 and Alberta has profited from it with increased revenue. The fact they blew it all is their doing. Enbridge has stated publicly another pipeline is not required. TMX is not running at capacity. Alberta separatists will destroy the economy of this province. Killing investment and causing corporations to relocate same as Quebec. They never connect the dots between separatist agenda and economic decline. Alberta has never built its own anything. It had involved federal funding. The fools refuse to realize that. I was transferred here from Quebec after the 1995 referendum. It was a horrid experience uprooting ones whole life but hitting the road again I guess is on the agenda. Quebec lost 37% of its population in 1996. Alberta will suffer the same fate since the economic decline just from having separation referendum leaves a stench that never goes away.
I couldn’t agree more with your statement. Keep opening eyes please!
Ummm....I am not sure I buy the logic here. Part of your point is that a single province cannot function as a sovereign country, but Canada can. However, Canada has been not really acting so much as a sovereign country, when it cancels a digital tax because it angers the Americans. That's just one small example.
I guess the other question for me.....if our current government believes in working with the whole federation, why sign a MOU with one province, without consultation with other affected provinces or First Nations? That just put BC and Coastal first nations in a hell of a spot where the PM decided a project just had to go ahead, and then he decides to listen AFTERWARDS. So if your argument is that we all need to start rowing in the same direction, you might want to stop by the PM's office and make sure he's on that same page, or maybe he would rather that people just take dictates.
I heard this at an NDP offering in High River about the GOA of Alberta, without precedent, flouting a CPP grab. “I am a Canadian who happens to live in Alberta”!!!
One country with provinces and territories all contributing.
Now if only my interim premier would follow her hearts wishes and join her orange love interest south of the Medicine Line and let the rest of us get back to building this country for generations to come!
"Each province seeks maximum freedom of action, yet collectively Canadians lose the freedom on the world stage that a strong federal government provides. We fragment regulatory regimes, duplicate effort, and weaken our bargaining position abroad."
Put that on a t-shirt and repeat it, repeat it, repeat it.
A good critique as I read it
The relationship between feds and provs became a competition for federal spending instead of agreements that provided for equality in the culture. Using federal funds to develop the oil sands may still pull this country apart. Never again!
Only culturally significant projects in the federal future budgeted by head count.Oil fields and Hydro are businesses,not culture. Highways, Railways ,Ships, Parks. Student exchanges. Seniors exhibitions.
For the people,by the People
Yes.
Now the action. Single-payer universal healthcare upheld and enforced. Free, fair and informed consent. Regulation that recognizes that air and water cross borders. Clean electricity grid. Interties. Water as a sovereign right, not a commodity. The right to affordable housing.
And how about some federal oversight for those coal mines?
Cause if it's just words and another nice haircut we'll look somewhere else.
Corey Hogan, thank you for saying so well what needs to be said. United we stand, divided we fall.