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Oil and potash are made in provinces that have had their voter bases successfully propagandized by US Republican interests. They refused to get on-side at a po

by Pxtl 25d ago

Oil and potash are made in provinces that have had their voter bases successfully propagandized by US Republican interests. They refused to get on-side at a political level.

THX1137 25d ago
Yeah, but export taxes are a federal responsibility. The fact that these provinces are irrelevant for the Liberals politically is those provinces' exact liability here.
- cmrdporcupine 25d ago
  If there's any way to swing the "referendum" in October in a very bad direction it would be to do this. Right now Alberta and Saskatchewan are not suffering at all (2% of exports affected) from Trump's tariffs. This is by design. He (or the "smarter" people he surrounds himself with) is attempting to drive a wedge in Canadian unity. Danielle Smith is, btw, totally onside with playing this to her advantage to get things. Export tax, as just as it might be in these circumstances, would be used as pretext for wholesale foreign interference and domestic disruption on a level we have never seen in this country. It would end up being a profound self-own
  - THX1137 25d ago
    The referendum is a hypothetical while federal power is real and spelled out in the constitution. All I hear about Alberta and Saskatchewan's leverage is that we ought to fear their willingness to invite a foreign power to dismember Canada. It certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
    - Pxtl 25d ago
      Apparently according to downthread that's a "Reddit opinion" to notice what their re-elected political leaders and all their pundits keep saying.
jbm 25d ago
This is such a Reddit opinion. If you are in Alberta or Saskatchewan, the government is decided before your election is done. There is no Senate, like in the US, to balance your needs vs others. Despite this unbalance, there is a clear majority of Albertans who are anti-independence. (I agree that the government, run by a radio entertainer is shameful and disgusting.)
- 8note 25d ago
  im in alberta and want an oil export tax that brings albertan exports up to market oil prices. match it to brent crude this is consistently a self criticism in alberta that we arent actually getting our money's worth from our oil
- Pxtl 25d ago
  > the government is decided before your election is done Speaking of "Reddit opinion".
- gmerc 25d ago
  lol Senate in the US

by Pxtl 25d ago

Oil and potash are made in provinces that have had their voter bases successfully propagandized by US Republican interests. They refused to get on-side at a political level.

THX1137 25d ago

Yeah, but export taxes are a federal responsibility. The fact that these provinces are irrelevant for the Liberals politically is those provinces' exact liability here.

cmrdporcupine 25d ago
If there's any way to swing the "referendum" in October in a very bad direction it would be to do this. Right now Alberta and Saskatchewan are not suffering at all (2% of exports affected) from Trump's tariffs. This is by design. He (or the "smarter" people he surrounds himself with) is attempting to drive a wedge in Canadian unity. Danielle Smith is, btw, totally onside with playing this to her advantage to get things. Export tax, as just as it might be in these circumstances, would be used as pretext for wholesale foreign interference and domestic disruption on a level we have never seen in this country. It would end up being a profound self-own
- THX1137 25d ago
  The referendum is a hypothetical while federal power is real and spelled out in the constitution. All I hear about Alberta and Saskatchewan's leverage is that we ought to fear their willingness to invite a foreign power to dismember Canada. It certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
  - Pxtl 25d ago
    Apparently according to downthread that's a "Reddit opinion" to notice what their re-elected political leaders and all their pundits keep saying.

jbm 25d ago

This is such a Reddit opinion. If you are in Alberta or Saskatchewan, the government is decided before your election is done. There is no Senate, like in the US, to balance your needs vs others. Despite this unbalance, there is a clear majority of Albertans who are anti-independence. (I agree that the government, run by a radio entertainer is shameful and disgusting.)

8note 25d ago
im in alberta and want an oil export tax that brings albertan exports up to market oil prices. match it to brent crude this is consistently a self criticism in alberta that we arent actually getting our money's worth from our oil
Pxtl 25d ago
> the government is decided before your election is done Speaking of "Reddit opinion".
gmerc 25d ago
lol Senate in the US