Juno News - Danielle Smith： Ottawa overtaxing Albertans to send money to Liberal-voting Quebec

00:00:00.000 What we're talking about tonight is Ottawa overtaxing us.

00:00:06.900 I mentioned that at the beginning of the evening.

00:00:10.020 Our program costs are 70% of all tax dollars.

00:00:15.000 We only collect 40%.

00:00:16.540 Ottawa collects 60%.

00:00:18.380 And then they use political means to transfer it.

00:00:21.440 Alberta, year after year, has $20 to $25 billion that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa

00:00:29.040 so that it can be spent mostly in Quebec, but also in other places that vote Liberal.

00:00:33.980 We have been watching this for years.

00:00:36.480 $600 billion in the last 40 or 50 years that have been taken out of this province.

00:00:42.140 You don't think we might be able to do a little bit more on social spending

00:00:45.140 if those $20 to $25 billion stayed here?

00:00:47.760 You don't think we'd be able to cut taxes a bit if those $20 to $25 billion stayed here?

00:00:52.960 It is $5,000 per Albertan that every single year gets transferred out of this province

00:01:02.040 for political reasons so that the Liberals can continue to spend it in places that vote Liberal.

00:01:08.200 That is what is happening in the province and in the country.

00:01:11.400 Thank you.

Juno News - August 27, 2025