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1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Jim Stanford

   No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee (opens the original)

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   The biggest single grievance weaponized by the Alberta separatist movement is the long-held belief that the province “subsidizes” the rest of the country. Since Alberta as a whole pays more to the federal government than it directly receives back, the argument goes, the rest of the country is sponging off the province’s largesse — and Albertans would be richer if they cut ties and left. There is no more potent symbol of that supposed subsidization than the federal equalization program, which pro

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2. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Jim Stanford

   Hang Tough, Premier Eby, on Gas Royalties | The Tyee (opens the original)

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   The B.C. government has been trying for years to reform its ramshackle system of royalties on natural gas production. That tortuous process is now nearing conclusion, with new royalties supposed to take effect on Jan. 1. The problem is no one yet knows what those royalties will be. The government is still locked in combative (but confidential) consultations with the gas industry, First Nations and other stakeholders over the new regime. A hodgepodge transitional system (already extended two year

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