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Better than nothing but Ottawa owes us far more than 2.4 billion at this point! They need to pay up and get with the program or we'll be gone, Mark my words! Funny enough I spoke about this very topic with my mother-in-law last night. She made a lot of great points.
- All equalization programs must end. No more money being sent to Quebec.
- Quebec and Ontario need to pay up for all of the money stolen from us.
- Ottawa should have little to no say in our economy.
- We should be able to close our borders at will. No waffling with Ottawa.
Interesting.
My former BIL, a native BCer who's barely ever travelled East of Calgary and says he has little interest in doing so (though he and my former SIL have spent every winter for the last 25+ years in Arizona, and they travel around the US), is a bit of a BC separatist.
No, it's not legitimate it's for the birds but It's partially our fault because like some posters noted we have spent all of our time pandering to separatist Quebec instead of helping the well intentioned western Canadians. I hope we can turn this around and make the westerners feel more welcomed and valued. We can't have a country where we have both an Alberta and Quebec independence movement. IMHO the whole "Quebec at all costs type" policies are like throwing money and support into a black hole. If we need to cut one out it's Quebec hands down.
Nonethless, these can be acquired through a number of territories and countries across the world, and latching yourself to one industry is dangerous. Especially when one considers that electric cars will replace petrol-driven cars soon enough, and that the oil industry is subject to massive fluctuations in price.
My point is that the products in the list, and many more, are petroleum based products. Fake leather is petroleum based. Stop oil production, and people will have to kill animals to get their leather.
"Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil (petroleum) as it is processed in oil refineries. Unlike petrochemicals, which are a collection of well-defined usually pure chemical compounds, petroleum products are complex mixtures. The majority of petroleum is converted to petroleum products, which includes several classes of fuels."
"As a substitute material for genuine leather, artificial leather is a mixture of plastic and leather. Synthetic forms of leather are appearing in luxury cars like the BMW i3 (pictured above), the Lexus NX, and the Toyota Prius.
Outside of car upholstery, artificial leather is utilized in several different ways. Industries such as clothing, footwear, and fabrics often rely on the synthetic material. It is also called and marketed as leatherette, vegan leather, pleather, and faux leather."
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