The Alberta referendum on equalization payments is a wake-up call which cannot be ignored. Albertans pay billions into the federal kitty every year, and more than half the distribution of equalization ends up in Quebec so Albertans want, and deserve, to get out from under Ottawa’s unjust system.
If the Trudeau government simply ignores this mandate the next vote in Alberta could be for secession. And that outcome could also lead to a referendum in Saskatchewan.
Canada, as currently constituted, simply isn’t working for them and for many others. The re-election of Justin Trudeau with only 32.6 per cent of the popular vote not only underscores the country’s structural fault lines, but leaves Canadians with a leader whose priority is to propel Canada toward becoming Scandinavia on steroids.
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