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I marvel at how Kenny complains about equalization when the very formula being used is the Harper formula approved by Kenny and every other Alberta conservative MP.

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Alberta's reluctance to participate in federalism is a wee bit of concern to those of us who get water from rivers that flow from Alberta.

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Fantasy federalism indeed!

This is well done - even if the power of the argument may be lost on those who have never actually seen an episode of Fantasy Island.

This leads one to ask about the sources of the fantasies that purport to force Ottawa to the table and the motives of those spinning the fantastical claims. Not that hard to do.

What is more troubling is that some will take the fantasies to be reality and will settle for nothing less than disregard of federal law. This undermines respect for the Rule of Law more generally. This suggests that some fantasies - in this case about federalism - have serious downsides which, as you suggest, was one of the common themes of Fantasy Island.

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