UCP members show overwhelming support for ideas to give Alberta more autonomy

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“Alberta is the youngest province by age in the country and because of our earnings level, we make a disproportionate net contribution to the Canada Pension Plan program every year,” he said.One member stepped up to the microphone to call the idea an “absolute slam dunk.”Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer said the provincial police force idea appeals to him because officers should report to the communities they serve, not Ottawa.

He conceded there would be financial implications, as Ottawa currently foots 70 per cent of the bill for the RCMP.One member raised concern about whether good officers working for the RCMP would take jobs with the new police force. Earlier Saturday, hundreds braved the freezing cold outside the airport hotel where the UCP is holding its meeting to protest government cuts.Candie Olsen, who receives financial support through the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program, says she felt the need to speak out even though it was a tough trek for her to get to the event.Olsen said she lives off $1,685 a month and can’t work.

University of Calgary undergraduate student Jemie Field said she was there to speak out against faculty layoffs and tuition increases.“Honestly I have no idea what my future looks like at this point,” Field said. “Depending on what the next couple of years bring, I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish my degree.”

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The best is separation.more autonomy is not solution...Next generation of Liberals and NDP will be worse then current one....

I want to secede from this damn country. I want to evacuate it! Alberta should leave if they want to.

I would like to see the financing on such imitative. The tax collection will mean added to the current in order to collect and process personal tax returns. Curious how that reconciles with “we have a spending problem”. Just asking

I’d like to give them FULL autonomy!

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