Alberta Prosperity Project
yesterday
We recently came across a number that stopped us mid-scroll.
Between 2007 and 2022, Albertans sent $244.6 billion more to Ottawa than we received back. That's not over a century. That's fifteen years.
Extending that pattern further back reveals staggering cumulative totals.
Here's what makes the number sting. While Alberta bankrolls the federation, federal policies actively undermine our economy. Bill C-69, ruled largely unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, drove investment away. The Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled outright. Energy East was killed by regulatory hurdles. Oil and gas investment dropped 56 percent in a decade.
Meanwhile, a 2024 Deloitte report found Ottawa's emissions cap alone will shrink Alberta's GDP by $191 billion over ten years.
We're not just paying more than our share. We're paying more while being told to produce less.
That's a conversation worth having.
Help APP educate Albertans about fiscal fairness. $25, $50, $100 or $500 goes a long way.
We recently reviewed some Alberta housing data, and a tension stood out.
In 2025, Alberta broke records with over 50,000 housing starts, accounting for one quarter of all new homes built in Canada. That's genuinely impressive.
Yet, a gap of roughly 14,000 homes per year still exists.
Here's the key point to understand. Alberta is building faster than any province in Canada. But Ottawa controls immigration targets. Between 2023 and 2025, over 440,000 people moved to Alberta. That's a lot of new households needing homes.
When housing demand is set in Ottawa but housing supply is built in Alberta, the math becomes complicated.
Some jurisdictions have shown that aligning population growth with local housing supply leads to better outcomes for families. The question worth asking is whether Alberta should set its own policies.
That's a conversation worth having.

