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Originally Posted by silverdoctor

My facts are straight... Are you telling me that Alberta cuts a check to Quebec directly? Show me some proof and not the BS Alberta separatist websites.

Originally Posted by silverdoctor

LOL...

I flunked economics 101? wow... There was 19 billion dollars "expended" in Alberta in 2009 - quite a bit less than the rest of the provinces.

This table is for 2009, values are approximate but shows the federal revenues collected and the expenditures paid out. Values are in millions of dollars. In this sense, yes, Alberta is getting the short end of the stick. Again, this is the 101, it goes deeper.

Now keep in mind that Alberta too collects alot of taxes... And gets alot in royalties.

Province 	Fed Revenues Collected 	Fed Expenditures $mn 	Difference $mn
NL 		3,811 			6,393 			-2,582
PEI 		739 			1,942 			-1,203
NS 		5,034 			12,200 			-7,166
NB 		3,693 			8,662 			-4,969
QC 		39,677 			53,318 			-13,641
ON 		85,239 			86,300 			-1,061
MB 		6,453 			12,911 			-6,458
SK 		7,074 			8,374 			-1,300
AB 		35,990 			19,997 			15,993
BC 		27,221 			27,232 			-11

OK Silver, you are so much more intelligent than the rest of us, so I would like you to correct me with the above interpretation of YOUR chart; because if I posted my own it would be "propaganda". I will try to use small words for you as well, seeing as you have not understood anything that anyone has stated. According to this chart, Alberta not only wrote a cheque to Quebec but ALL of Canada. Alberta paid 30 billion and then received 20 billion back. Take a minute and absorb that. Let your mind catch up before we continue. Every other province took ALBERTA'S surplus. IF WE DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE ALL OF THAT MONEY THE REST OF CANADA WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANY!!! If that is not writing a cheque I don't know what is. The East gave us NOTHING! We took back a pittance of what we GAVE! That was always our money. Should I slow down again? Go ask your daddy for some help because I don't want to have to repost this for you a 14th time. By the way, you still have not told me why we receive less funding per bed than any other province. That means per capita. Google "per capita" and you might understand that term. Then base a reply on that. Giving a dollar amount does not mean we got our share. Also why doesn't NFLD subsidize our hospitals as we have to babysit their population, then they take their tax dollars home?