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Related: About this forumWhy Alberta says it's entitled to half of Canada's Pension Plan About That
The Alberta government wants out of the Canada Pension Plan and the province wants to take more than half of the pot with it. Andrew Chang breaks down how Alberta arrived at its $334 billion take-home figure and why some experts say the province needs to double check its math.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2281001539525
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I found this video very informative in understanding the issues surrounding Alberta's numbers and those of experts.
canuckledragger
(1,973 posts)...just because they think they're entitled to it.
Spazito
(54,696 posts)I totally agree with you, I am a big NO in any referendum on this. It is beyond ridiculous.
gay texan
(2,896 posts)Provinces and they seem to be quite Liberal.
Whats going on in Alberta?
Spazito
(54,696 posts)Very conservative/libertarian and in whose economy has depended primarily on oil for decades and cattle before that.
We did elect a progressive provincial government, the NDP in 2015, for one term. It was a definite outlier, unfortunately.
Bev54
(11,917 posts)questions because they are all skewed to them taking over our pensions, but they did have a comment box at the end and I made my opinion quite clear I am sure they did not like what I wrote telling them to keep their dirty hands off my pension. We cannot trust them to control our province let alone my pension, I paid into Canada Pension and that is where I intend to stay. No crazy lady is going to look after my pension.
Spazito
(54,696 posts)I put their propaganda card aside meaning to go to the site at some point and forgot about it, maybe wishful thinking on my part, lol.
I will go there and leave my thoughts as well which mirror yours, I am CPP all the way.