Conversely, the highest-income Albertans still pay the lowest taxes in the country, even with the progressive tax brackets the province recently adopted. Alberta is also thought to have bought its own trouble because it didnt hoard its oil gains, Norway-style. Sorry, PEI. Please reach out right away and we can start ma. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Have an idea? Finally, there's one question that's not random, rare or fantastical: Why do so many Albertans so viscerally loathe Justin Trudeau? Low-income and high-income Albertans, meanwhile, enjoy the lowest taxes in the country. Thats all you are.. Albertans were the largest proponent to their province getting the short end of the stick by being a part of the country though both Ontario and Saskatchewan thought the same about their own home turf. Sure, they understand the province's frustration with B.C. For merely bringing up the fact that separatist sentiment in Alberta is on the risea trend apparent years before he returned to Midnapore from Ottawahe has been lambasted as a politician attempting to stoke that sentiment for his own political gain. The new government then went ahead and eliminated the flat tax, itself. The survey, part of a four-part series on western Canadian identity, found that, on average, just five per cent of Canadians outside Quebec believe that Quebec is close with or friendly towards their own province; whats more, 53 per cent believe that la belle province takes more from Confederation than it gives. Confederation is hopelessly broken. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. And 77 per cent of Albertans say that Saskatchewans a friend; 75 per cent of them reciprocate that feeling. Now as then, figuring out how to provide westerners with power in a government in which they have no elected representation is a major preoccupation in Ottawa. Meaning it might be time for Canadians to reconcile and hug it out. The survey also asked respondents if they thought that there might be one province in the Federation that gets more than they give by being a part of Canada, and the consensus overwhelmingly showed Quebec as that province even from Quebecois themselves. Why would we give them what they want?. Here is how Rachel Notley could really take the boots to B.C. He left the CBC earlier this year. Do you stuff your piggy bank if you dont trust your parents not to knick it? The characature of "Albertan" means more to people here than the truth. No one in Alberta appears overly bothered by it. An earlier version of this story didn't factor in the abatement on federal taxes that Quebec income-tax filers receive. The party that was founded as an explicitly separatist vehicle. In an election year, said Kurl, the complicated Canadian family makes it difficult for any party leader to campaign on a unified message.