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I am PRETTY fricken sick of FN land acknowledgements and it’s time that all the dippers started doing tax payer acknowledgements for the funds they receive from hard working Albertans to support their organization. This would include Municipal meetings, Provincial and Federal meetings including the Leg and Parliament, school functions, grant presentations, EVERY FN event and any other event that gets money from the Government to run. I am going to send letters out to all these organizations and tell them it needs to happen since without the hard working taxpayer, they would cease to exist. Screw the FN land acknowledgments, it’s time those stopped.
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https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/pinder-thank-you-preston-manning-the-laurentian-elites-do-hold-all-the-cards/77179?
I hope DS reads this article:
“Manning successfully sparked a massive regional awakening, but Danielle Smith’s emotional politics and misplaced trust in Ottawa threaten to derail the Western movement.”
“Premier Smith alluded several times to current polls and displayed a naive belief that significant progress regarding Alberta's role in Canada will soon be achieved.
This need for immediate favour also helps understand her premature delight regarding the pipeline MOU, which may well remain a nothingburger.
Smith naively asserted her belief that changes in Ottawa are both possible and forthcoming. Confidence in her political skills was evidenced by short-term support in the polls. My view is biased following difficult past personal experiences whereby unwise confidence in solving intractable problems caused pain.
To be kind, Smith’s emotions, desire to remain Canadian, and “winning” polls all contribute to...
https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/alberta-independence-could-deliver-22b-to-32b-annual-surplus-report-says/77281
“Alberta could pay for its own government, take over federal services and still have between $22.2 billion and $32.1 billion left over each year as an independent country, according to a report prepared for the Alberta Transition Council.
The September 2026 white paper, Forward to Freedom, argues keeping taxes currently collected by Ottawa would give Alberta room to lower taxes, pay down debt and build savings while maintaining public services.
However, the headline surplus excludes a negotiated share of federal debt and relies on assumptions about pension assets, replacement services and the costs of running a country.
“Not whether it should. Whether it could, and with how much room to spare,” the report says of the question it sets out to answer.
The 106-page assessment estimates an independent Alberta would collect between $129.1 billion and $137.8 billion annually, drawing on existing provincial revenue and ...
