• loonsun@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Ok, the question though is what do you want from that money? Is there something you find the federal government is obligated to provide but doesn’t from the oil money?

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      3 days ago

      Good question. We just want Ottawa to get out of the way and let us do it ourselves. We dont want more funding we just want to not have to send so much of it away that we cant spend what we raise on our own healthcare, education and social programs.

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        3 days ago

        So are you proposing an increase to provincial taxation in exchange for a reduction in federal taxation? Also is financing the real barrier in the Western Provinces making these changes?

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          3 days ago

          Why would we need an increase in provincial taxation? If we don’t have to send 20 billion to Ottawa next year, we can fund a lot of projects on our own without increases to the taxpayer, that money can go straight into provincial coffers.

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            2 days ago

            Maybe I’m confused then over where this $20B figure is coming from? If the money the federal government is taking isn’t from a tax on oil companies, then we’re? From your statement it sounds like this money is existing taxed money by the province that then gets taken and sent to the federal government. I’m not sure that’s the case so please do explain further.