Nenshi： 'Albertans do not want Alberta Pension Plan'
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Summary
The premier wants to take the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) away from Albertans who have worked hard to get to where they are now. What does that mean to all the Albertans out there who have come here from other parts of Canada?
Transcript
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again the thing about this government is that they take us for fools they think they can say
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whatever and we will just all go oh yeah sure so they put out this crazy study that somehow alberta
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is with 10 of the population of canada is entitled to 55 of the cpp what does that really mean it
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means to all the albertans out there who have come here from other parts of canada from saskatchewan
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from the atlantic provinces it means that danielle smith wants to take the pension away from your
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grandma or the universities that you went to or the investments that were made in you before you
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came to alberta and say guys you're on your own so that's morally wrong it's ethically wrong but
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the other thing is nobody wants this and so study after study survey after survey poll after poll
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shows that 70 80 percent of albertans are saying please don't touch that pension the cpp works
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the returns are high and it's going to look after us in our retirement so ultimately hopefully
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the premier will just give up on this but we know she doesn't give up on things
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so if we do have a referendum if we do have a referendum in the municipal elections in 2025
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it means that we have to work hard as albertans to make sure all of our friends and neighbors know
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to vote no in that referendum to ensure that that does not happen