dwazou@lemm.ee to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 days agoAlberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations to political parties, change referendum thresholdswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
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minus-squareyes_this_time@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 days 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-up2·3 days agoThank you for giving an actual answer instead of “GDP per capita bad metric”
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”