Two Ledgers

In Alberta, two ledgers for Monday's vote. Aki: what do they say? Bolt: separatists promise forty-seven billion a year; the province says up to one hundred seventy billion to leave. Lord Ozen: pick the number you like! Aki: leaving is not free.

Before Monday's vote there are two sets of accounts for leaving Canada: Alberta's separatists say the province would save up to C$47 billion a year in federal taxes and run a surplus of C$24 billion to C$46 billion, while a report the provincial government itself commissioned puts the cost of leaving at C$50 billion to C$170 billion over five years, with Alberta's debt rising to as much as C$442 billion and its debt-to-GDP ratio from 7.7% to as high as 88.5%, and one think tank estimates Albertans' disposable income would fall 5.8%.

Starring

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