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Bev54

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7. "If she was smart" that ship has sailed.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 01:15 PM

Nov 2023

Yes I watched that video, Alberta has always been a transient province and many workers did not even live here, they just set up an address (taxes were lower here) and go back to their province when off. Many of the people working on the rigs worked a 20 days on and 10 day off shift which allowed them to go back to their province. I am the outlier here, moving from a retirement area in BC to Calgary because all my grandchildren are here but most of my earnings were not in Alberta.

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Canada toon: [View all] applegrove Nov 2023 OP

I will move before she gets her hands on my pension, hopefully people are smarter than that Bev54 Nov 2023 #1

I know. She will invest Alberta pensions in oil. Or tourism applegrove Nov 2023 #2

Good point I have not heard before. What happens with Quebec pensions? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #3

I don't know if they send their pension money in Quebec to Quebecers applegrove Nov 2023 #4

Equalization payments went to Alberta in 1950s; then they struck oil Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #5

Not even most of the oil companies are not Albertan or even Canadian. Bev54 Nov 2023 #8

Another point along your lines: Cdn taxpayers paid subsidies to develop oil and gas. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #6

"If she was smart" that ship has sailed. Bev54 Nov 2023 #7