GOLDSTEIN: Albertans are frustrated with being Canada’s cash cow |
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The reality is that many Albertans — and not just those already convinced that separation is the only answer — are legitimately frustrated with their province’s status in Canada.
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Gratuitously insulting them over the next five months, at least, as Albertans debate their future role in or outside of Confederation, serves no purpose.
It isn’t going to keep Canada together, or make it work better, regardless of what happens in the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether to hold a referendum on separation.
What might is acknowledging the sources of Alberta’s frustration with federal Liberal governments that for decades have played Albertans off against the far greater number of voters to be had in Ontario and Quebec.
The root issue is that Albertans make a disproportionate contribution to the wealth of Canada compared to any other........