WATCH: Danielle Smith: Ottawa overtaxing Albertans to send money to Liberal-voting Quebec
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa is overtaxing Albertans to send money to Quebec and other Liberal voting regions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith last night at a townhall in Fort McMurray:
What we’re talking about tonight is Ottawa over-taxing us…
Alberta year after year has $20 to $25 billion dollars that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa so that it could be spent mostly in Quebec, but also in other places that vote Liberal.
We have been watching this for years. $600 billion in the last 40 or 50 years that has been taken out of this province.
You don't think we might be able to do a little bit more on social spending if those $20 to $25 billion stayed here? You don't think we'd be able to cut taxes a bit if those $20 to $25 billion dollars stayed here?
It is $5,000 per Albertan that every single year gets transferred out of this province for political reasons so that the Liberals can continue to spend it in places that vote Liberal.
That is the that is what is happening in the province and in the country.
It sounds as though Alberta has really no choice. Personally, I think it's well past time you delivered a clear and precise ultimatum to Ottawa. With specific time limits. And be willing to walk down any path their response indicates. Including some form of independence - economic or hybrid, or full-on.
More talk - still no action. Time for Alberta to separate. Period. Else, we need to start building our own police force AND military. Talk is not working.