Wexit

If Alberta doesn't bleed the east by not paying provincial welfare equalisation and removing itself from national schemes, it will have to consider separation from Canada or Quebec will gut what is left of it. The Laurentian elite has, since the beginning of the twentieth century, fortified its position as an untouchable class of obscene wealth lifted from a gradually weakened population. Money is all it understands. It's time to remove the parasite from the host:

But it’s also fair to note that many of the recommendations in the Fair Deal Panel report, which was released earlier in the week, do little to address Alberta’s current plight. The main recommendation, hold a referendum on equalization, seems especially pointless.

Yes, about that:

Alberta contributed more money to the federal purse than any other province in Canada from 2007 to 2015, and has received fewer dollars in return, according to a study released Thursday.

The study by the Fraser Institute — a conservative, free market policy think tank — found the province contributed $221.4 billion more in revenue than it received in federal transfer payments and other services in those years.

And no province can withdraw from those payment scheme.