Alberta’s only hope is to leave Canada behind

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B.C. aboriginals, using funding from the Tides Foundation in San Francisco and Rockefeller Foundation in New York to protest against pipelines and sea ports, have crippled Canada’s export market to Asia.

Today, these aboriginal leaders have become as unpopular as free-loading Quebecers, who demand a free ride from the rest of Canada and they get it.

Eventually, the folks who pay the bills (Albertans) will finally reach the breaking point, then cut off the money supply.

Australia has filled the void left by Canada. The Aussies now export to nearly four billion people: They own the Asian market. Russia exports lumber to China. B.C.’s loss is Russia’s gain.

Failed Western Canadian leadership for nearly 50 years has put up with Quebec’s ridiculous and outrageous demands. When Quebec separatism first appeared, the west

should have told Quebec to take a long walk off a short pier.

Because Alberta politicians dropped the ball, the people of Alberta have spent $700 billion on transfer payments. Had that money been invested in the Alberta Heritage Savings Fund Trust, the interest alone today, would have been more than $300 billion. Today, the Alberta fund may have between $12 and 17 billion invested.

The Norwegians started their savings fund when Alberta started theirs. Norway’s five million people have saved and invested $2 trillion. Today, Norway owns one per cent of all the world’s business. In 2012, the return on their investments totalled 18.1 per cent.

Shortly after the U.S. subprime mortgage disaster, the Norwegians wrote a cheque for $67 billion against their fund. After the cheque cleared, the Norwegian fund still had $572 billion in it. Five years later, the fund was back up to $1 trillion-plus.

Bert Brown was an Alberta senator, elected under the Reform party banner and appointed to the upper house by Stephen Harper.

Brown’s role was to travel to eastern Canada, trying to convince the Maritime premiers to adopt the Triple E senate (elected, equal and effective, similar to the U.S. and Australian senates).

“No way,”they said. They preferred the free ride provided by Alberta’s transfer payments.

My message to the people of Alberta: For God’s sakes folks, get off the Canadian Titanic immediately. Ernie Slump, Penticton