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Alberta's road to quitting the Canada Pension Plan would run smack into a scheduled 2027 provincial election, with Opposition New Democrats promising to kill the idea if they win.

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[–] justhach@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What an insanely asinine idea to cut and run from the federal CPP program.

Surely, the oil wealth will last forever and ever, right?

[–] ruinsalljokes@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Surely our population will also never age

[–] 601error@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

If you kill the health care system, maybe they won’t.

[–] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's aged now. The boomers are in their 70s. The wave will be ending in a decade and our population will get younger.

Our population is on average younger than the rest of Canada... hence why they feel entitled to 52% of the cpp

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