What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] toastmeister@lemmy.ca -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They want pipelines east, through the provinces that receive the most in equalization payments from oil revenues, who say they want no pipelines.

Either allow pipelines or stop equalization payments I think is their demand. Since obviously they are almost fully reliant on the US due to being landlocked, due to being blocked by the same entity they've been feeding billions to over the decades.

[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

And all the Albertans who are so incensed about that have completely forgotten that they got a major pipeline expansion west through BC under Trudeau. In fact, Trudeau's gov removed a bunch of red tape and poured a bunch of money into the project to make it happen. And yet, guess who they're mad at...