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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6132185" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>[USER=56035]@rickyb[/USER] Hey Ricky, just learned that although many in Canada protest against oil, it turns out that most of the oil revenue that Alberta produces is taken from them by your federal government in a policy called equalization and distributed to the other provinces.  Supports all the social programs Canada has.  Some provinces even have half of their funds come from Alberta oil revenue.  Sure hope Alberta doesn't vote to secede.  Canada will be third world without oil revenue.  Imagine all the hand wringing politicians calling it dirty oil yet they gladly hold out their hands for oil money.</p></blockquote><p></p>