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submitted 11 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

One month after finance ministers met to discuss the Alberta government's intent to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) public opinion polling by the Angus Reid Institute suggests there's little desire among Albertans or the rest of Canada to see Alberta leave the plan.

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[-] BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

"Alberta's young working population and more jobs with higher wages has resulted in Albertans over-contributing tens of billions into the CPP compared to the benefits we've received," states a Government of Alberta video promoting the creation of an Alberta pension plan.

Aren't the high wages (and young people) predominately because oil/gas? Are those not national natural resources?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

Are those not national natural resources?

They are not. The government of Canada owns 0.56% of fossil fuels in Canada. The majority of ownership is by private corporations. Canada's natural resources have been sold to private companies. It's their natural resources now.

[-] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

If you ever needed an example of rotten-to-the-core corruption, this is it, kids! :D

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks, Stephen!

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

The young people aren't because of oil/gas - they're mostly because Calgary and Edmonton are pretty decent in terms of services and actually affordable.

[-] Numpty@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

You missed the recent news that Calgary is now more expensive than Vancouver and Toronto?

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