dwazou@lemm.ee to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agoAlberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations to political parties, change referendum thresholdswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11
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minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoMoney maker. LOL Look at the GDP of Alberta vs Ontario.
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down14·2 days agoGDP per capita is higher in Alberta than Ontario while also being the third highest GDP province/territory overall.
minus-squareyes_this_time@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoAt least some of that is because Alberta has the highest percentage of working age population - a share of the population is transient. Seniors are less likely to retire in AB, and AB imports educated Canadians from other provinces. Which also speaks to why equalization payments make sense (Atlantic provinces have to bare the cost of more retirees for example).
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThank you for giving an actual answer instead of “GDP per capita bad metric”
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoPer capita is pretty much meaningless.
minus-squareDoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoNot per capita, how much do you actually contribute to the national GDP? Again not per capita, the raw GDP.
Money maker. LOL Look at the GDP of Alberta vs Ontario.
GDP per capita is higher in Alberta than Ontario while also being the third highest GDP province/territory overall.
At least some of that is because Alberta has the highest percentage of working age population - a share of the population is transient.
Seniors are less likely to retire in AB, and AB imports educated Canadians from other provinces.
Which also speaks to why equalization payments make sense (Atlantic provinces have to bare the cost of more retirees for example).
Thank you for giving an actual answer instead of “GDP per capita bad metric”
Per capita is pretty much meaningless.
Not per capita, how much do you actually contribute to the national GDP? Again not per capita, the raw GDP.