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armenarmen • today at 2:30 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

I met a Québécois woman years ago that said their own independence movement was shut down in part because of new immigrants to Canada not wanting to leave the commonwealth. No clue if that’s right or not. But given how much of a cash cow the western provinces are for Canada, and the mega spike in immigration it makes me wonder

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nonethewiser • today at 2:39 PM

Thats not hard to believe. An immigrant wouldnt be a part of some native separatist movement.

dgellow • today at 2:37 PM

Maybe look for information instead of sharing uninformed opinions on a random anecdote?

cwillu • today at 2:44 PM

Net federal tax by province for 2024:

   East:
   ON:  92,392M
   QC:  43,549M
   NS:   4,464M
   NB:   5,167M
   NL:   2,467M
   PE:     680M

   West:
   BC:  33,037M
   AB:  29,900M
   SK:   5,579M
   MB:   5,745M

   North:
   NT:     273M
   NU:     162M
   YT:     254M
To call the west a “cash cow” is just a bit misleading, even if you grant the separatists British Columbia, which is frankly a laughable notion.
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croes • today at 2:41 PM

Blaming immigrants … never gets old, does it?

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