We moved from the Lower Mainland to Alberta last year, and WE LOVE IT HERE! Before looking at Alberta, we really tried to find an AFFORDABLE house to stay in BC, but unless a person wants to live way out in the boondocks, we could not find anything affordable... There is a lot of good here in Alberta, and to be fair, in my opinion your "bashing" of Alberta is undeserved; it represent maybe your experience but I don't think this is what the majority of people will experience... yes, winter is a real winter, and I prefer it to the months on end of rain and grey days of the Lower Mainland... and as far as government go, I would not brag too much about the actual Premier/government in BC... Anyways, this is my opinion!
We were pretty hard on your premier but we don't think we bashed the province. We highlighted that Albertans are kind and hard working, but we also pointed out that Alberta was no longer the default destination for affordable housing and high wages. Stating that the cost of housing has increased while high paying jobs aren't as plentiful as they once were isn't an attack on the province.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastwhen 100k migrants suddenly descend on a province in one year alone, it’s awful taxing on housing, healthcare and services. Plus, most migrants just up and moved to Alberta before even having a job!! No wonder we have a 7% unemployment rate. And even still, it’s more affordable than BC’s entire lower mainland and the island. Not as crazy as it was 2 years ago, but $500k cheaper is nothing to scoff at. And let’s be real, a home in Calgary, in a beautiful area, is almost $300k cheaper than bloody abbbotsford! No 2 hr commute, 5 hospitals, 1 hr from the Rockies…..and an attitude of kindness, generosity and respect BC has long lost. Some things are indeed priceless.
My wife and I just made the decision to move to Alberta from bc and the reality is that even as high income earners we cannot afford a house in bc. To clarify, Alberta does have cheaper taxes for low income earners as the personal exception is much higher. Gas is 50 cents a litre less in Alberta and to be honest we saved $25,000 on the property transfer tax which offsets the $400 a year more in income tax I will pay. Good points but I think that most of them were more based on politics and culture and for that reason alone it would be best for some people to stay in bc.
Rich people pay a lot less tax in Alberta as Ontario has surtaxes and supersurtaxes on income tax that Alberta doesn't have. Maybe you need to rework your math.
I think the best place is in Alberta. We really do not need people here complaining about our government etc, stay in BC Talk about your own crap NDP government that you voted in! Alberta government is much better!! Stay in BC, no whiners admitted to Alberta!!
@@user-yi6zr8mh5nthe bias was egregious. Most of it based on opinions, misinformation and downright arrogance/jealousy imo and not at all based on facts or data. We have CBC for that! The comments “I don’t agree with the premier in Alberta so for that reason alone I wouldn’t move back”… it’s very strange that someone who doesn’t live here, vote here, pay taxes here, work or play here, has such a personal opinion on another province’s government. I moved from BC more than 2 decades ago and you couldn’t pay me to move back. Not even if home prices dropped by half! Daniel Smith did more for Albertans pocket books last year than any other premier. She froze the provincial gas tax for 2 years, gave albertans $600 rebate towards electricity, $800 “inflation rebate” to lower and middle income earners, increased AISH payments to the highest rate in Canada, gave $1.5M to food banks. What did Eby do for BC residents during this inflationary crisis? Exactly. These two journalist posers are nothing more than 2 bitter mean girls chatting around a kitchen table talking smack about their competition. If it truly is better where you live, you don’t need to put down your neighbor.
Alberta is in Canada, and Canada is crazy. That's generally why you shouldn't move there. And if you are from BC you shouldn't move there because Albertans don't want you.
Where do you two get your information? Two hours to get to a hospital for child birth, really had to roll my eyes on that one. We lived for 6 years in the Shuswap. There was a 5 year waiting list for a doctor. A simple blood test took an hours long wait in line. We had to drive an hour minimum to Kamloops or Kelowna for anything remotely technical. BC has had 3 strikes and it is out. We built a new home, saved 300,000. Found a doctor right here in this town and my wife has been to specialists twice on short notice. The air and our neighborhood is clean. Schools are great and people are welcoming. So to wrap, it looks pretty obvious neither of you know anything about here and now in Berta. The premier is very popular and operating effectively. No this is not the place to be if you want to remove parents rights, hand out free drugs to enable continued addiction, or cave in to Ottawa every time that it is demanded. If you believe in all of that lunacy, congratulations you have acheived that and need to remain in Commiefornia North, aka lala land. Please continue in the same vein, no pun intended. Spread the gospel and blow the smoke, it's crowded enough here. PS: We"ll keep working hard and punching above our weight. You can possibly go surfing on Truth and Reconciliation Day with your exalted ruler.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast That's fine, you know what the CBC and the msm says is fact. Still trying to get my eyes rolled back forward after your "most knowledgeable" vid. Please keep building up those subscribers.
Are you kidding BC has a bad healthcare… and everything is expensive look at booze we are still government controlled… no Costco booze here gas is huge… traffic from Vancouver to Chiliwack badddddd! Kelowna is like sin city bad place to live …. South of Calgary 👍
The UCP is getting cranky again. Some members are gearing up for leadership vote - calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-ucp-restive-members-leadership-vote
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast UCP getting cranky? No they aren't. The UCP has a leadership vote as a matter of policy. It has just been announced again for a vote at their upcoming November 1-2 AGM.
There's lots to like about Alberta but our point is that it's no longer the default destination for Canadians looking for cheap housing and high wages. Housing costs are climbing while real wages are falling.
I left Vancouver BC after a year of getting out of High School and moved to Calgary in 78. It was the tail end of one of the booms and I got into the Electrical trade. I’ve been through the ups and downs of a few booms but still love it here. Vancouver is great to visit when it’s sunny. Calgary gets over 333 days of sunshine a year. Even at -30 it doesn’t seem that cold when the old sun is out. Financial it is great with no PST and just paying that nasty GST. Maybe Calgary is a place to come for a while and wait out this silly economic climate that we are currently in.
I lived in Toronto for about 10 years, lived in Vancouver for a year at one point and now live in Calgary for a about a year and half. For young people, a lot of the points you made are very minor compared to cost of living vs income. I work as an architectural designer (mainly residential) with a Bachelor and Masters in architecture and worked in many high-end projects over the years. In our field, BC is very slow, weighted down by bureaucracy and the pay is terrible. You talk about income tax, I would rather pay more income tax on a salary that is probably almost double compared to BC options. Alberta grew %4.4 in population last year and it will continue to do so, and guess what? We are actually building here. From a business perspective, I think BC is way behind the curve and have a lot of work ahead of themselves to catch up. There is absolutely no availability for young people to thrive in BC as things are currently. Finally, yes Calgary may not be a Vancouver or Toronto at this point, but it is quickly improving and I believe will catch up and surpass Vancouver at least in terms of QoL and amenities. Mind you, neither Toronto nor Vancouver were what they are today about 20 years ago, so personally I would rather be in a place that has growth potential rather than stagnant and draining on young people.
The government is the reason people are thinking of moving to Alberta. BC is a disaster. Ontario is a disaster. Our healthcare is a joke. We used to pay for health care insurance in Ontario and it was better. Health care is not free. We are paying for it with higher taxes and a health tax with long wait lists. Way to much money goes to bureaucracy then actual care. We can not even visit a hospital without paying 20.00 for parking . The system is crumbling and our governments are bankrupt. I have never heard 2 people so out of touch with reality.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Does not matter what party is in power they are corrupt if they keep increasing the debt every year. We are bankrupt. Soon they will be forced to cut. Social programs will be decimated. We went through this in the nineties when the dollar crashed 35%. Paul Martin got it back under control. It will be much more painful this time. Federal government is totally corrupt now. The 3 party coalition are holding all Canadians hostage. They care nothing for the citizens they represent. No one gave them permission to destroy our country. Good to see some push back in Alberta against the crazies in power. People are fed up.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastwow, you two are not only egregiously biased, you’re downright nasty. Bitter Betty much? Jealous? Envious? Slighted? Insecure? This is to be expected from someone who is stuck in BC, can’t move or simply doesn’t have the balls to change, but instead of fixing things in their own backyard and home, goes all mean-girl about the neighbors. Extremely unprofessional and low intelligence. Put down the mic and go touch some grass already.
we moved to Alberta from BC in 1996, I couldn't wait to leave that place 9 month winter arrogant people rip you off anywhere they can that place sucks and the difference in taxes is very little, no home owner grant, utilities are very high what I remember
Shaking up AHS is much needed and I commend Smith for taking on those greedy, corrupt tyrants. The FAT at the bureaucracy of every provincial healthcare agency is disgusting. They waste precious healthcare dollars on salaries, benefits wasteful spending and then cry poorhouse to the province demanding more money. I have first hand knowledge of higher up positions in AHS and the stories I hear make my blood boil. But of course they’re on a big “UCP bashing” campaign grifting how it’s harmful to our health system. They’re all pissed the jig is up, believe me.
Alberta grew from 4M to 4.5M from 2013 to 2023. It's not people moving from one province to another. It's immigration, mostly from the ports inland. It's not 30 below all the time in Alberta. Alberta population will likely determine whether it can function a bit more separate from federal control. There are a lot of native reserves in AB, and it's not like the province can separate itself easily from the Crown connection. The movement away from a flat tax in Ab was unfortunate. In order to survive in parts of Alberta you need a minimum of 4000 to 8000 a month preferably take home. Thre is limited transportation options in Alberta. Ideally in AB every one who needs a car, has a garage. I am very opposed to selling off the utilities. Albertans do "more than work." they have a very strong volunteer component - which is also work, but not for money. Healthy care in the north is getting better, as they figure out the contract doctors. To some degree due to lower population in rural areas, you have better timely health care, but have to travel at times for serious tests and treatement. That is very costly. You don't get attached to family doctor model. You get attached to team doctor approach. Condo fees are 500 in very nice neighborhoods,. Condos don't tend to be in bad neighborhoods. HOme ownership tends to improve neighborhoods. 4 story walk up rentals tend to have more troubles, but mixing family erntals with single famly housing and having a mix of students and professional tends to make most Alberta neighborhoods quite nice, however, where there are ethnic pockets there can be problems. Fort McMurray became a famliy town, because the "work crew " 2 weeks in, 1 week out, got old. They still have work crews of course. House prices need to come down, but some people are not "limited by a slaary when working in ol patch - they can make 5000 a week and sometimes spouses work too. There is NO lack of money - there is lack of some common sense. Alberta is a working province. BC is a vacation province.
The point we're making is that Alberta is no longer the obvious destination for high wages and affordable housing. Alberta has had the largest real wages cut in Canada. Rents and real estate prices have dramatically increased over the past 5 years. If you're happy in Alberta with a high paying job and a home you can afford, that's great. But if Canadians are moving to Alberta in 2024 expecting big wages and cheap houses, they're going to be disappointed. albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-had-largest-real-wages-cut-in-canada/
37.650 people from BC left for Alberta." In 2023, the agency said, net interprovincial migration was negative for the first time since 2012, at -8,624 people. Over the last year, 67,944 Canadians left B.C. Statistics Canada says the majority of them - about 37,650 people - packed up their belongings and moved to Alberta." Still a great discussion but interesting statistic.
There've been a few interesting numbers from StatsCan recently. I didn't read this until after we'd posted the video. It really surprised me. Alberta had largest real wages cut in Canada - albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-had-largest-real-wages-cut-in-canada/
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastboy you sure can’t handle a debate. You constantly chime in with a negative narrative if anyone states a positive about Alberta. Yes, a big drop in wages in specific industries. Too many people chasing fewer jobs. Alberta added 100k to its population last year and frighteningly, many people migrated here without a job ! It’s no wonder we have a 7% unemployment rate. But, many industries pay a lot higher wages than BC. Construction for one. Like $10 higher/hr for general labour. That’s not nothing. I lived in bc before migrating myself to Alberta almost 2 decades ago and every 6 months I have to go back and am disgusted with how expensive everything is. Groceries alone are nuts, then add PST to everything…7% more expensive right off the bat. But it’s not just the economics, it’s much more pleasant to live in Alberta. People are kind, Alberta has one of the highest volunteer rates in Canada. That tells you the flavour of a province and it’s priceless.
And even still, Alberta pays more per capita in CPP and transfer payments. Alberta pays more than their fair share. And they don’t mind, they just are tired of being disrespected and insulted and blocked from prospering.
I think it's instructive that my ancestors moved to Nova Scotia to work tge fisheries until the fish were gone, they moved to BC until forestry fell off and now they're waking up to the fact that oil and gas arent forever. Let's see what the next thing is before jumping into a region and an industry in decline.
We found another benefit for living in B.C. for people that own their own home, is property taxes- they are a lot less here than in Alberta. Great video btw!
Alberta always overstates the value of your house by at least 20 percent each and every year forever to fleece you on property tax. I owned hundreds of properties out in Alberta.
In the short time that Smith has been here, housing has gotten way more expensive, healthcare is bleeding doctors (and looking to be privatized), we're getting little support for the chaos of the wildfires, there's been repeated blackouts, and Calgary had a whole month without water. BC has it's problems but trust me, having seen cronies that never lived here before come here with actual confederate flags hanging from their garage doors like roaches should be a HUGE red flag; the people coming here are hoping to see Alberta become the new Florida. In short, don't come here.
Calgary resident here (and have no patriotic leaning to that fact)... While I love your guys refreshing perspective and I agree with most of what you guys say in principle, I do not see the BC being able to absorb all the newcomers / Ontario exiles on by itself. Negatives: The weather in Alberta is super a$$ (although we do not get the constant bombardment of dreaded ice storms like eastern Canada); the tax system is regressive; the insurance is a rip-off due to the constant risk of asset-destroying hailstones that occur every few years; utilities are about 1/3rd more expensive per KwH due to lack of hydro and good old fashion corruption; I am fortunate not to have had any serious medical issues here so I cannot comment on that. I do know that family planning is lacking here as unlike Ontario, Quebec and BC, IVF is not covered in AB. With that being said, most of the increase in house prices in Calgary are due to increased demand in 2022 onwards outstripping construction capacity. There are fewer geographical and zoning restrictions here so we can build and build, we just need time to catch up with the demand. Additionally, there are the cities of Edmonton, Red Dead and Lethbridge to absorb newcomers, all of which have the same capacity to build outwards. This should hopefully prevent the housing bubbles seen in the Vancouver and Toronto areas. Personally, I find Calgary to be a bit of dump considering the price of property here, I would move if not for my wife's job and I would have no issue moving to any of the other cities mentioned. If you can work from home, there are some wonderful church-centered communities in and around Lethbridge where drug use and crime are almost non-existent and house prices are less than half of what they are in Calgary True, like most of the world unfortunately, Alberta is still super dependent on O&G and they would be screwed if a crash ala 2014 happened tomorrow, but given the forever wars in Russia and the Middle East and peak oil consumption not projected to hit until the 2030s, I think they have plenty of time to diversify the economy. While about half of the jobs (and salaries) have gone in O&G since 2014, the provincial gov is still making buku bucks from the royalties, especially now the infrastructure investments are paid off. With the cash windfall the UCP have cut business taxes and are slowly starting to encourage investment, with many American, India and European companies setting up HQ's here (e.g. Teknol) while some Canadian companies have actually moved their HQ (Balance moved from Ontario to Alberta). All this to say, while Alberta is not perfect, I feel that there are plenty of policies for the rest of Canada to consider adopting if they want to remain competitive and prevent the drain of 18-25s dreaming of leaving the country (speaking as someone who spends a lot of time around this age group).
i transferred to northern ab 6 years ago. i'm not lovin' it. expensive food, back home people complained about having $120+ utility bills every 2 months from NSP, but its $130 per month provider fee and even more fees added before you even pay for your power and gas usage. i've had 4 doctors, and just lost my recent one that hasen't been here for a year yet. also living rural i can't make any friends as i didn't grow up here, and go to school with the locals so i'm an outsider. they are nice, and have small talk, but not coming to your house, or inviting you over for a game or bbq. also the crime is crazy here. people are constantly being robbed, b&e's, vehicles stolen, meth attics everywhere, prisoners just being dropped off in the middle of town, and overwhelmed police that arrest these newly released meth heads, and criminals withing the first few days of release. then they are just released again the same day, and the locals know who most of them are. when your car is stolen the police don't even go after them as they are non violent crimes, and they just say make an insurance claim. crime and the -40's are the worst things for me next to the loneliness
Sorry to hear all this. Those utility bills do suck. I believe some things can get better for you. Maybe you will make friends with co-workers or join a hobby or sports club in an attempt to meet new people. Life changes, it doesn't stay the same, know that opportunities may easily happen and next thing you know, you're not lonely anymore.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast i'm solo here, nearest coworker is a 2.5hr dive. i get to see them on teams meetings, and once a year for the company xmas dinner. i tried to transfer out of here, but those applications seem to disappear as i'm in an area that took 3 years to get a sucker move too lol
Alberta has the third highest number of homeless in Canada (Ontario is first and BC is second). BC has the highest number of drug deaths per hundred thousand. Alberta has the second highest. We're not saying that Alberta's a dump or that you shouldn't live there. The point we're making is that Alberta is no longer the obvious destination for high wages and affordable housing.
wow the bashing of Alberta . If you like winter activities this is the place which is far better than winters with rain and 10 feet of snow. I bought during the oil boom and its still far cheaper than the Maritimes and central Canada. Calgary shouldn't t be the base mark for home prices. You can buy a brand new home far below than other cities across Canada. Alberta is cheaper for heat, taxes and etc. Yes there's work which is far better than unemployment , welfare and sitting in a rocking chair bored out of your mind. lol. Oil and natural gas , potash mines and etc. are booming again. We have shortages of trades across the board. Healthcare is still fine here. Already 11 years and don't regret moving here one bit.
Taxes are lower in BC until you're earning over $150K. As of April 2024, Alberta currently has the second highest jobless rate in Canada, second to only Newfoundland. Over the past decade, Albertans had the largest real wage cut in Canada. The benchmark price for a single-family home in Calgary has increased by over $180,000 over the past 10 years. Paul was pretty hard on your premier but stating that the cost of housing has increased while high paying jobs aren't as plentiful as they once were isn't bashing Alberta.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast I checked the data and no way Alberta is close to high unemployment of Newfoundland over 8% & Labrador 10 %. Ontario 6.1% B.C. 5.1%,Nunavut was 11.3%,,and Alberta 5.9 % as of end of 2023 .
That data isn't current. "The jump means Alberta is now tied with New Brunswick as the province with the second-highest jobless rate." calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-unemployment-rate-spiked-in-april-calgary-s-too-1.6881697
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Thanks for the link but I could debate it . Years ago I worked for Unemployment Canada. I go by the Statistic Canada Unemployment Rate. The jobs in Alberta are mainly outside of the city's . The past 1.5 months are the yearly shutdowns for maintenance for all the oil and gas industries. The operations will start back within a month. The workers come in from other provinces for the yearly contracts then leave. Wait for new update in 2 months. Thanks again
I have no data on this but my assumption is that the number of jobs are staying roughly static but the population is still climbing. Even though there are the same number of jobs, there are more Albertans so unemployment goes up. Thanks for the comments and discussion. 👍
Buddy your car knowledge is from the 1960s. And auto insurance is why cheaper in Alberta and you actually have choices from BC socialist nirvana. Any medical issues are worse in BC.
hellosafe.ca/en/car-insurance/barometer "Alberta ($3,151 median premium), Nova Scotia ($2,491) and Ontario ($2,299) are the provinces where drivers pay the highest car insurance premiums in the country." "Calgary and Edmonton are by far the cities where drivers pay the more car insurance premiums in Canada - with a respective annual median premium of $3,182 and $3,150."
the main flaw in the tax discussion is the PST. You remmit slightly less say in bc however most things you consume you pay pst and would likely be taxed more in BC.
If you do a quick check on a real estate website, you’ll see it’s still easy to buy a one or even two bedroom condo in Calgary in a nice neighborhood for about $300,000. My wife and I moved here to Calgary 3 years ago and bought a nice condo for $265,000 (though it’s now valued at $380,000). The government? Well, unlike BC (and perhaps Ontario soon?) we don’t have drug decriminalization. And it shows. Admittedly, the province isn’t perfect ... I’m on a 3-year-long waitlist to see an ENT specialist. My great-great grandparents moved to this country at the turn of the 20th century, but we plan to sell in a couple years and escape Canada. There are many worse places in the world to live ... but there are still a few better ones.
I'm happy that you found a place you like but it makes me sad that you had to trade timely healthcare for affordable housing. Not a great look for Canada.
It’s why so many Canadians are jealous of Albertans. They WISH they had a premier like Smith. She’s done more for Albertans than any other premier. Taxpayers that is, not the criminals and woke destructive.
This is an abbreviated list of why I doubt her sanity. It was depressing to put together. The longer I look, the more there is to add to the list. I didn't include current things like the proposed Alberta Pension Plan no one wants or the proposed Alberta Police Force that no one wants or the proposed coal mine in the Rocky Mountains no one wants. In 2021, Danielle Smith, before she was premier, wrote a paper about why Albertans need to accept that they'll have to pay for private healthcare. Now that she's premier, she's done a 180 and says no Alberta will ever have to pay out of pocket for healthcare while she's actively dismantling public healthcare in Alberta. Danielle Smith claims to be of Cherokee decent. A Cherokee genealogist reviewed Smith's family tree and said Smith's statement is untrue. Danielle Smith claimed that her great-grandfather fled Ukraine after the First World War to escape communism. Immigration records show he left Austria (not Ukraine) prior to the start of WW1. When she was running for leadership of the United Conservative Party, Danielle Smith said people could control whether or not they got cancer. She also insinuated that by preventing yourself from cancer, you’d be saving taxpayers money. Danielle Smith was originally a member of the Progressive Conservative political party. She jumped ship to the Wildrose Party in 2009, a party which she'd eventually lead. In 2014, when she was leader of the Wildrose, she crossed the floor to rejoin the PC party. Danielle Smith spent $80M on Turkish pain medication that wasn't approved by Health Canada. According to the UCP's own documents, the medication increased the risk of a life-threatening illness in neonatal patients. Out of 1.5M bottles that were ordered and paid for, only about 9,000 were ever sent to hospitals. Danielle Smith is advertising for people to move to Alberta while the province is in the midst of a housing crisis, rising unemployment, and declining wages. Danielle Smith launched a seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects, despite the CEO of the independent Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) stating he was opposed to the idea.
Bottom line, if you hate Alberta, just stay where you are, grow where you are and build up your paradise where you are. Meanwhile, your healthcare criticism of Alberta is very anecdotal - I live in Southern Okanagan as well as Southern Alberta, and I'd far rather have Alberta healthcare which is the best of a bad lot in Canada. I have much greater access to several medical specialists on a fairly timely basis in Alberta whereas BC is growing far worse. For those living in BC's Interior Health in areas like Cranbrook, they sometimes have to endure huge costs of transporting and multi-day hotel stays in Vancouver to get specialist care. Bottom-line, just because you hate Alberta doesn't mean everyone else will hate it as well. BC is a lovely beautiful province, but basically it is only a great place to visit, not to live - unless you are coming to BC with lots of money. PS. You hate Alberta's Premier but say Albertans would be great for pulling you out of a ditch. I dare say that Premier Smith would stop to help you, offering kindness as well. Just because you hero-worship your home province BC NDP government, doesn't merit putting down Alberta the way you have in this video. Stick to analysis of living in your own Province without mean-spirited put-owns of the politics and living environments of other Provinces.
hellosafe.ca/en/car-insurance/barometer "Alberta ($3,151 median premium), Nova Scotia ($2,491) and Ontario ($2,299) are the provinces where drivers pay the highest car insurance premiums in the country." "Calgary and Edmonton are by far the cities where drivers pay the more car insurance premiums in Canada - with a respective annual median premium of $3,182 and $3,150."
And not have an entire ER closed on a regular basis due to “no Dr on staff today”. Nova Scotia is absolutely beautiful, but as many pandemic migrants found out, it’s a shitshow and extremely expensive.
We were born in Alberta, lived there our whole lives until 10 years ago when we moved to BC. Most of our family is still in Alberta. We go back and visit about three times a year. We keep track of Alberta politics and happenings. We have a lot more than a clue.
Alberta crude now connected to our southern coastal waters. A ship wreck by collision or grounding or more likely sabotage is not an if but a when according to CBC interview. The big tankers underway. Russian roulette the trigger has been pulled. Not if but when. Eco system collapse. Property value collapse coastal and for cities and towns.
Take a look sometime at an aerial view of the Vancouver port. Any given day there is 50 tankers in the harbour waiting. Full of chemicals and disasters waiting to happen. But one more from Alberta is the actual doom? What about the thousands of cruise ships that port in Vancouver and Victoria every year, solely to be able to dump their waste in Canadian waters enroute to Alaska because the US bans dumping waste in their own waters? Or Victoria that built a wastewater treatment plant after decades of the US complaining about bc dumping sewage in the ocean, only to have it be obsolete by the time it was built? They designed a system based on antiquated population dynamics and didn’t even include commercial population or production. But yes, Alberta’s one extra tanker is the only problem.
I don't think you watched the video. 😏 Highlighting aspects that aren't ideal doesn't mean we are against Alberta. There have been better days in Alberta with better leadership, but never great, and hopefully the next election offers a positive increase notably in public health care.
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We moved from the Lower Mainland to Alberta last year, and WE LOVE IT HERE! Before looking at Alberta, we really tried to find an AFFORDABLE house to stay in BC, but unless a person wants to live way out in the boondocks, we could not find anything affordable... There is a lot of good here in Alberta, and to be fair, in my opinion your "bashing" of Alberta is undeserved; it represent maybe your experience but I don't think this is what the majority of people will experience... yes, winter is a real winter, and I prefer it to the months on end of rain and grey days of the Lower Mainland... and as far as government go, I would not brag too much about the actual Premier/government in BC... Anyways, this is my opinion!
There's actually no more rain here in BC, thanks to the chemtrails
@@huskavarnaband They are very busy here too spraying chemtrails, especially in the last few months...
We were pretty hard on your premier but we don't think we bashed the province. We highlighted that Albertans are kind and hard working, but we also pointed out that Alberta was no longer the default destination for affordable housing and high wages.
Stating that the cost of housing has increased while high paying jobs aren't as plentiful as they once were isn't an attack on the province.
From what I've been hearing, B.C.'s premier is nothing to brag about!
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastwhen 100k migrants suddenly descend on a province in one year alone, it’s awful taxing on housing, healthcare and services. Plus, most migrants just up and moved to Alberta before even having a job!! No wonder we have a 7% unemployment rate.
And even still, it’s more affordable than BC’s entire lower mainland and the island. Not as crazy as it was 2 years ago, but $500k cheaper is nothing to scoff at. And let’s be real, a home in Calgary, in a beautiful area, is almost $300k cheaper than bloody abbbotsford! No 2 hr commute, 5 hospitals, 1 hr from the Rockies…..and an attitude of kindness, generosity and respect BC has long lost. Some things are indeed priceless.
I lived on the BC side of the Alberta border in a small town for years. Alberta is a very good province and is far cheaper than BC!
These people calling Smith “insane” is what convinced me to move to AB
You lost me as soon as you started quoting CBC.
What part lost you? That British Columbians are moving to Alberta? That StatsCan collected that data? Or that CBC reported it?
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast my guess is that some people really don't like cbc
Well they certainly were as opinionated and biased as cbc. Felt like Chantelle and Rosy talking smack about Alberta and their “far right politics “. 😂
My wife and I just made the decision to move to Alberta from bc and the reality is that even as high income earners we cannot afford a house in bc. To clarify, Alberta does have cheaper taxes for low income earners as the personal exception is much higher. Gas is 50 cents a litre less in Alberta and to be honest we saved $25,000 on the property transfer tax which offsets the $400 a year more in income tax I will pay. Good points but I think that most of them were more based on politics and culture and for that reason alone it would be best for some people to stay in bc.
BC's property transfer tax does sting.
exactly . I'm retired and can afford everything including buying my home.. I couldn't afford anywhere else.
Rich people pay a lot less tax in Alberta as Ontario has surtaxes and supersurtaxes on income tax that Alberta doesn't have. Maybe you need to rework your math.
I think the best place is in Alberta. We really do not need people here complaining about our government etc, stay in BC Talk about your own crap NDP government that you voted in! Alberta government is much better!! Stay in BC, no whiners admitted to Alberta!!
@@user-yi6zr8mh5nthe bias was egregious. Most of it based on opinions, misinformation and downright arrogance/jealousy imo and not at all based on facts or data. We have CBC for that!
The comments “I don’t agree with the premier in Alberta so for that reason alone I wouldn’t move back”… it’s very strange that someone who doesn’t live here, vote here, pay taxes here, work or play here, has such a personal opinion on another province’s government. I moved from BC more than 2 decades ago and you couldn’t pay me to move back. Not even if home prices dropped by half! Daniel Smith did more for Albertans pocket books last year than any other premier.
She froze the provincial gas tax for 2 years, gave albertans $600 rebate towards electricity, $800 “inflation rebate” to lower and middle income earners, increased AISH payments to the highest rate in Canada, gave $1.5M to food banks. What did Eby do for BC residents during this inflationary crisis? Exactly.
These two journalist posers are nothing more than 2 bitter mean girls chatting around a kitchen table talking smack about their competition.
If it truly is better where you live, you don’t need to put down your neighbor.
Alberta is in Canada, and Canada is crazy. That's generally why you shouldn't move there. And if you are from BC you shouldn't move there because Albertans don't want you.
Albertans are lovely people that are very welcoming.
Note this is an inbred comment
@@buckculler108Exactly. All Conservatives are welcome.
Cities are poison
I'm from Alberta and would love to live in Vancouver, but it's too expensive.
Where do you two get your information? Two hours to get to a hospital for child birth, really had to roll my eyes on that one.
We lived for 6 years in the Shuswap. There was a 5 year waiting list for a doctor.
A simple blood test took an hours long wait in line. We had to drive an hour minimum to Kamloops or Kelowna for anything remotely technical. BC has had 3 strikes and it is out.
We built a new home, saved 300,000. Found a doctor right here in this town and my wife has been to specialists twice on short notice. The air and our neighborhood is clean. Schools are great and people are welcoming.
So to wrap, it looks pretty obvious neither of you know anything about here and now in Berta. The premier is very popular and operating effectively.
No this is not the place to be if you want to remove parents rights, hand out free drugs to enable continued addiction, or cave in to Ottawa every time that it is demanded.
If you believe in all of that lunacy, congratulations you have acheived that and need to remain in Commiefornia North, aka lala land.
Please continue in the same vein, no pun intended. Spread the gospel and blow the smoke, it's crowded enough here.
PS: We"ll keep working hard and punching above our weight. You can possibly go surfing on Truth and Reconciliation Day with your exalted ruler.
"The premier is very popular and operating effectively."
I literally laughed out loud at this part. 😂
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast That's fine, you know what the CBC and the msm says is fact.
Still trying to get my eyes rolled back forward after your "most knowledgeable" vid.
Please keep building up those subscribers.
I totally agree.
Are you kidding BC has a bad healthcare… and everything is expensive look at booze we are still government controlled… no Costco booze here gas is huge… traffic from Vancouver to Chiliwack badddddd! Kelowna is like sin city bad place to live …. South of Calgary 👍
Didn't watch the video but Alberta is Full, don't come here.
No it's not
@@fromthestreets3 Yep not a single house or plot of land available.
You should have watched the video. That's the point we're making.
You can leave anytime and go back to BC. Better yet, don't come. I wouldn't come live in your drug riddled province!
Smith is a lunatic? She's the sanest Premier in Canada. Politics is a huge reason why people are moving to Alberta.
Danielle is doing a wonderful job here in Alberta!
The UCP is getting cranky again. Some members are gearing up for leadership vote - calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-ucp-restive-members-leadership-vote
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastgeese, it’s almost as though you hold an NDP membership card. The bias and shade is egregious.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast UCP getting cranky? No they aren't. The UCP has a leadership vote as a matter of policy. It has just been announced again for a vote at their upcoming November 1-2 AGM.
Alberta is a great place to live
White Rock seems to be one of the few places in Canada worth living there and there isn't many places.
Lived here all my life, 65 years and I love it.
There's lots to like about Alberta but our point is that it's no longer the default destination for Canadians looking for cheap housing and high wages. Housing costs are climbing while real wages are falling.
I left Vancouver BC after a year of getting out of High School and moved to Calgary in 78. It was the tail end of one of the booms and I got into the Electrical trade. I’ve been through the ups and downs of a few booms but still love it here. Vancouver is great to visit when it’s sunny. Calgary gets over 333 days of sunshine a year. Even at -30 it doesn’t seem that cold when the old sun is out. Financial it is great with no PST and just paying that nasty GST. Maybe Calgary is a place to come for a while and wait out this silly economic climate that we are currently in.
I lived in Toronto for about 10 years, lived in Vancouver for a year at one point and now live in Calgary for a about a year and half. For young people, a lot of the points you made are very minor compared to cost of living vs income. I work as an architectural designer (mainly residential) with a Bachelor and Masters in architecture and worked in many high-end projects over the years. In our field, BC is very slow, weighted down by bureaucracy and the pay is terrible. You talk about income tax, I would rather pay more income tax on a salary that is probably almost double compared to BC options. Alberta grew %4.4 in population last year and it will continue to do so, and guess what? We are actually building here. From a business perspective, I think BC is way behind the curve and have a lot of work ahead of themselves to catch up. There is absolutely no availability for young people to thrive in BC as things are currently.
Finally, yes Calgary may not be a Vancouver or Toronto at this point, but it is quickly improving and I believe will catch up and surpass Vancouver at least in terms of QoL and amenities. Mind you, neither Toronto nor Vancouver were what they are today about 20 years ago, so personally I would rather be in a place that has growth potential rather than stagnant and draining on young people.
Hard to say no to doubling your salary. 👍
We love our premier here in Alberta fyi
Yes but we need to get rid of the ENDP mayors in Calgary and Edmonton.
I love Danielle Smith
The government is the reason people are thinking of moving to Alberta. BC is a disaster. Ontario is a disaster. Our healthcare is a joke. We used to pay for health care insurance in Ontario and it was better. Health care is not free. We are paying for it with higher taxes and a health tax with long wait lists. Way to much money goes to bureaucracy then actual care. We can not even visit a hospital without paying 20.00 for parking . The system is crumbling and our governments are bankrupt. I have never heard 2 people so out of touch with reality.
Ontarians that are fleeing a corrupt and incompetent conservative government can expect more of the same in Alberta.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Does not matter what party is in power they are corrupt if they keep increasing the debt every year. We are bankrupt. Soon they will be forced to cut. Social programs will be decimated. We went through this in the nineties when the dollar crashed 35%. Paul Martin got it back under control. It will be much more painful this time. Federal government is totally corrupt now. The 3 party coalition are holding all Canadians hostage. They care nothing for the citizens they represent. No one gave them permission to destroy our country. Good to see some push back in Alberta against the crazies in power. People are fed up.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastwow, you two are not only egregiously biased, you’re downright nasty. Bitter Betty much? Jealous? Envious? Slighted? Insecure?
This is to be expected from someone who is stuck in BC, can’t move or simply doesn’t have the balls to change, but instead of fixing things in their own backyard and home, goes all mean-girl about the neighbors.
Extremely unprofessional and low intelligence. Put down the mic and go touch some grass already.
we moved to Alberta from BC in 1996, I couldn't wait to leave that place 9 month winter arrogant people rip you off anywhere they can that place sucks
and the difference in taxes is very little, no home owner grant, utilities are very high what I remember
You say public health care as if it is any good. Albertans prefer less government than in BC, and yes it is cheaper to live in Alberta
Alberta is in the process of splitting AHS into four separate entities. That's the opposite of less government.
Not if each portion is less than a quarter of the original entity.
Shaking up AHS is much needed and I commend Smith for taking on those greedy, corrupt tyrants. The FAT at the bureaucracy of every provincial healthcare agency is disgusting. They waste precious healthcare dollars on salaries, benefits wasteful spending and then cry poorhouse to the province demanding more money. I have first hand knowledge of higher up positions in AHS and the stories I hear make my blood boil.
But of course they’re on a big “UCP bashing” campaign grifting how it’s harmful to our health system. They’re all pissed the jig is up, believe me.
Alberta grew from 4M to 4.5M from 2013 to 2023. It's not people moving from one province to another. It's immigration, mostly from the ports inland. It's not 30 below all the time in Alberta. Alberta population will likely determine whether it can function a bit more separate from federal control. There are a lot of native reserves in AB, and it's not like the province can separate itself easily from the Crown connection. The movement away from a flat tax in Ab was unfortunate. In order to survive in parts of Alberta you need a minimum of 4000 to 8000 a month preferably take home. Thre is limited transportation options in Alberta. Ideally in AB every one who needs a car, has a garage. I am very opposed to selling off the utilities.
Albertans do "more than work." they have a very strong volunteer component - which is also work, but not for money.
Healthy care in the north is getting better, as they figure out the contract doctors.
To some degree due to lower population in rural areas, you have better timely health care, but have to travel at times for serious tests and treatement. That is very costly. You don't get attached to family doctor model. You get attached to team doctor approach.
Condo fees are 500 in very nice neighborhoods,. Condos don't tend to be in bad neighborhoods. HOme ownership tends to improve neighborhoods. 4 story walk up rentals tend to have more troubles, but mixing family erntals with single famly housing and having a mix of students and professional tends to make most Alberta neighborhoods quite nice, however, where there are ethnic pockets there can be problems.
Fort McMurray became a famliy town, because the "work crew " 2 weeks in, 1 week out, got old. They still have work crews of course. House prices need to come down, but some people are not "limited by a slaary when working in ol patch - they can make 5000 a week and sometimes spouses work too. There is NO lack of money - there is lack of some common sense. Alberta is a working province. BC is a vacation province.
The point we're making is that Alberta is no longer the obvious destination for high wages and affordable housing.
Alberta has had the largest real wages cut in Canada. Rents and real estate prices have dramatically increased over the past 5 years.
If you're happy in Alberta with a high paying job and a home you can afford, that's great. But if Canadians are moving to Alberta in 2024 expecting big wages and cheap houses, they're going to be disappointed.
albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-had-largest-real-wages-cut-in-canada/
37.650 people from BC left for Alberta." In 2023, the agency said, net interprovincial migration was negative for the first time since 2012, at -8,624 people. Over the last year, 67,944 Canadians left B.C. Statistics Canada says the majority of them - about 37,650 people - packed up their belongings and moved to Alberta." Still a great discussion but interesting statistic.
There've been a few interesting numbers from StatsCan recently. I didn't read this until after we'd posted the video. It really surprised me.
Alberta had largest real wages cut in Canada - albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-had-largest-real-wages-cut-in-canada/
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastboy you sure can’t handle a debate. You constantly chime in with a negative narrative if anyone states a positive about Alberta.
Yes, a big drop in wages in specific industries. Too many people chasing fewer jobs. Alberta added 100k to its population last year and frighteningly, many people migrated here without a job ! It’s no wonder we have a 7% unemployment rate. But, many industries pay a lot higher wages than BC. Construction for one. Like $10 higher/hr for general labour. That’s not nothing.
I lived in bc before migrating myself to Alberta almost 2 decades ago and every 6 months I have to go back and am disgusted with how expensive everything is. Groceries alone are nuts, then add PST to everything…7% more expensive right off the bat.
But it’s not just the economics, it’s much more pleasant to live in Alberta. People are kind, Alberta has one of the highest volunteer rates in Canada. That tells you the flavour of a province and it’s priceless.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast 50 buck a hour? Dow building a plant here in Edmonton 10 year job.
Being the only rat-free place on earth is the only reason I stay.
That is pretty awesome.
You save a fortune in income tax due to no supersurtaxes if you move to Alberta and have an income above the last tax bracket.
And even still, Alberta pays more per capita in CPP and transfer payments. Alberta pays more than their fair share. And they don’t mind, they just are tired of being disrespected and insulted and blocked from prospering.
I moved to Grande Prairie and couldn't stand it, moved back after 9 months.
Good for you for trying something new. And congratulations on realising that it wasn't for you and coming home.
I think it's instructive that my ancestors moved to Nova Scotia to work tge fisheries until the fish were gone, they moved to BC until forestry fell off and now they're waking up to the fact that oil and gas arent forever. Let's see what the next thing is before jumping into a region and an industry in decline.
Water being wasted by industry is the big thing that government is allowing to happen, like in fracking, mining and oil sands.
We found another benefit for living in B.C. for people that own their own home, is property taxes- they are a lot less here than in Alberta. Great video btw!
😀 You're right about property tax being less here. Part of it must be not needing a big budget for snow removal!
Alberta always overstates the value of your house by at least 20 percent each and every year forever to fleece you on property tax. I owned hundreds of properties out in Alberta.
In the short time that Smith has been here, housing has gotten way more expensive, healthcare is bleeding doctors (and looking to be privatized), we're getting little support for the chaos of the wildfires, there's been repeated blackouts, and Calgary had a whole month without water.
BC has it's problems but trust me, having seen cronies that never lived here before come here with actual confederate flags hanging from their garage doors like roaches should be a HUGE red flag; the people coming here are hoping to see Alberta become the new Florida. In short, don't come here.
Calgary resident here (and have no patriotic leaning to that fact)... While I love your guys refreshing perspective and I agree with most of what you guys say in principle, I do not see the BC being able to absorb all the newcomers / Ontario exiles on by itself.
Negatives: The weather in Alberta is super a$$ (although we do not get the constant bombardment of dreaded ice storms like eastern Canada); the tax system is regressive; the insurance is a rip-off due to the constant risk of asset-destroying hailstones that occur every few years; utilities are about 1/3rd more expensive per KwH due to lack of hydro and good old fashion corruption; I am fortunate not to have had any serious medical issues here so I cannot comment on that. I do know that family planning is lacking here as unlike Ontario, Quebec and BC, IVF is not covered in AB.
With that being said, most of the increase in house prices in Calgary are due to increased demand in 2022 onwards outstripping construction capacity. There are fewer geographical and zoning restrictions here so we can build and build, we just need time to catch up with the demand. Additionally, there are the cities of Edmonton, Red Dead and Lethbridge to absorb newcomers, all of which have the same capacity to build outwards. This should hopefully prevent the housing bubbles seen in the Vancouver and Toronto areas.
Personally, I find Calgary to be a bit of dump considering the price of property here, I would move if not for my wife's job and I would have no issue moving to any of the other cities mentioned. If you can work from home, there are some wonderful church-centered communities in and around Lethbridge where drug use and crime are almost non-existent and house prices are less than half of what they are in Calgary
True, like most of the world unfortunately, Alberta is still super dependent on O&G and they would be screwed if a crash ala 2014 happened tomorrow, but given the forever wars in Russia and the Middle East and peak oil consumption not projected to hit until the 2030s, I think they have plenty of time to diversify the economy. While about half of the jobs (and salaries) have gone in O&G since 2014, the provincial gov is still making buku bucks from the royalties, especially now the infrastructure investments are paid off.
With the cash windfall the UCP have cut business taxes and are slowly starting to encourage investment, with many American, India and European companies setting up HQ's here (e.g. Teknol) while some Canadian companies have actually moved their HQ (Balance moved from Ontario to Alberta).
All this to say, while Alberta is not perfect, I feel that there are plenty of policies for the rest of Canada to consider adopting if they want to remain competitive and prevent the drain of 18-25s dreaming of leaving the country (speaking as someone who spends a lot of time around this age group).
Thanks for the indepth comment.
You forgot Alberta is freezing cold most of the year.
Ontario has tons of snow and damp , ontario has all the clinics and doctors leaving to
Alberta has fewer doctors per capital than BC.
i transferred to northern ab 6 years ago. i'm not lovin' it. expensive food, back home people complained about having $120+ utility bills every 2 months from NSP, but its $130 per month provider fee and even more fees added before you even pay for your power and gas usage. i've had 4 doctors, and just lost my recent one that hasen't been here for a year yet. also living rural i can't make any friends as i didn't grow up here, and go to school with the locals so i'm an outsider. they are nice, and have small talk, but not coming to your house, or inviting you over for a game or bbq. also the crime is crazy here. people are constantly being robbed, b&e's, vehicles stolen, meth attics everywhere, prisoners just being dropped off in the middle of town, and overwhelmed police that arrest these newly released meth heads, and criminals withing the first few days of release. then they are just released again the same day, and the locals know who most of them are. when your car is stolen the police don't even go after them as they are non violent crimes, and they just say make an insurance claim. crime and the -40's are the worst things for me next to the loneliness
Sorry to hear all this. Those utility bills do suck. I believe some things can get better for you. Maybe you will make friends with co-workers or join a hobby or sports club in an attempt to meet new people. Life changes, it doesn't stay the same, know that opportunities may easily happen and next thing you know, you're not lonely anymore.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast i'm solo here, nearest coworker is a 2.5hr dive. i get to see them on teams meetings, and once a year for the company xmas dinner. i tried to transfer out of here, but those applications seem to disappear as i'm in an area that took 3 years to get a sucker move too lol
5% vs 12%
🌧️ vs ☀️
Homeless
Drug Users
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Alberta has the third highest number of homeless in Canada (Ontario is first and BC is second).
BC has the highest number of drug deaths per hundred thousand. Alberta has the second highest.
We're not saying that Alberta's a dump or that you shouldn't live there. The point we're making is that Alberta is no longer the obvious destination for high wages and affordable housing.
You lost me when you got political
Fair enough, that will do it for some.
wow the bashing of Alberta . If you like winter activities this is the place which is far better than winters with rain and 10 feet of snow. I bought during the oil boom and its still far cheaper than the Maritimes and central Canada. Calgary shouldn't t be the base mark for home prices. You can buy a brand new home far below than other cities across Canada. Alberta is cheaper for heat, taxes and etc. Yes there's work which is far better than unemployment , welfare and sitting in a rocking chair bored out of your mind. lol. Oil and natural gas , potash mines and etc. are booming again. We have shortages of trades across the board. Healthcare is still fine here. Already 11 years and don't regret moving here one bit.
Taxes are lower in BC until you're earning over $150K.
As of April 2024, Alberta currently has the second highest jobless rate in Canada, second to only Newfoundland.
Over the past decade, Albertans had the largest real wage cut in Canada.
The benchmark price for a single-family home in Calgary has increased by over $180,000 over the past 10 years.
Paul was pretty hard on your premier but stating that the cost of housing has increased while high paying jobs aren't as plentiful as they once were isn't bashing Alberta.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast I checked the data and no way Alberta is close to high unemployment of Newfoundland over 8% & Labrador 10 %. Ontario 6.1% B.C. 5.1%,Nunavut was 11.3%,,and Alberta 5.9 % as of end of 2023 .
That data isn't current.
"The jump means Alberta is now tied with New Brunswick as the province with the second-highest jobless rate."
calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-unemployment-rate-spiked-in-april-calgary-s-too-1.6881697
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Thanks for the link but I could debate it . Years ago I worked for Unemployment Canada. I go by the Statistic Canada Unemployment Rate. The jobs in Alberta are mainly outside of the city's . The past 1.5 months are the yearly shutdowns for maintenance for all the oil and gas industries. The operations will start back within a month. The workers come in from other provinces for the yearly contracts then leave. Wait for new update in 2 months. Thanks again
I have no data on this but my assumption is that the number of jobs are staying roughly static but the population is still climbing. Even though there are the same number of jobs, there are more Albertans so unemployment goes up.
Thanks for the comments and discussion. 👍
Buddy your car knowledge is from the 1960s. And auto insurance is why cheaper in Alberta and you actually have choices from BC socialist nirvana.
Any medical issues are worse in BC.
hellosafe.ca/en/car-insurance/barometer
"Alberta ($3,151 median premium), Nova Scotia ($2,491) and Ontario ($2,299) are the provinces where drivers pay the highest car insurance premiums in the country."
"Calgary and Edmonton are by far the cities where drivers pay the more car insurance premiums in Canada - with a respective annual median premium of $3,182 and $3,150."
My BC car insurance cut the cost of my car insurance by 60 percent when I moved from Edmonton to Coquitlam, BC. ❤ BC
@@briandawkins984 good for you, just hope you never get injured in a collision .
No fault will screw you.
@@tedcity5861 I speak of prior to no fault. But yes I agree no fault creates another set of problems.
the main flaw in the tax discussion is the PST. You remmit slightly less say in bc however most things you consume you pay pst and would likely be taxed more in BC.
The tax discussion did focus on income tax. Yes there is provincial sales tax. If you're not a big consumer in BC you'll avoid some PST.
Were looking at moving to small town bc from Calgary.. this city not worth it anymore
Small town living is where it's at.
If you do a quick check on a real estate website, you’ll see it’s still easy to buy a one or even two bedroom condo in Calgary in a nice neighborhood for about $300,000. My wife and I moved here to Calgary 3 years ago and bought a nice condo for $265,000 (though it’s now valued at $380,000). The government? Well, unlike BC (and perhaps Ontario soon?) we don’t have drug decriminalization. And it shows. Admittedly, the province isn’t perfect ... I’m on a 3-year-long waitlist to see an ENT specialist. My great-great grandparents moved to this country at the turn of the 20th century, but we plan to sell in a couple years and escape Canada. There are many worse places in the world to live ... but there are still a few better ones.
I'm happy that you found a place you like but it makes me sad that you had to trade timely healthcare for affordable housing. Not a great look for Canada.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Thank you.
Great points.. stay out of Alberta. Especially if you don’t like the govt policies.
The right government can make or break a province.
@@LiveontheSunshineCoastYeah they've done a real number on BC
@@LiveontheSunshineCoasthence why BC is going down the shitter as we speak….
Hope they enjoy red necks, trump supporters and our authoritarian premier 🤮🤮
It’s why so many Canadians are jealous of Albertans. They WISH they had a premier like Smith. She’s done more for Albertans than any other premier. Taxpayers that is, not the criminals and woke destructive.
Love this in depth content guys. Great conversation.
Thanks for your kind comment and taking the time. 🤗
I'm not too familiar with Danielle Smith.. could someone enlighten me why she is considered insane by some?
This is an abbreviated list of why I doubt her sanity. It was depressing to put together. The longer I look, the more there is to add to the list. I didn't include current things like the proposed Alberta Pension Plan no one wants or the proposed Alberta Police Force that no one wants or the proposed coal mine in the Rocky Mountains no one wants.
In 2021, Danielle Smith, before she was premier, wrote a paper about why Albertans need to accept that they'll have to pay for private healthcare. Now that she's premier, she's done a 180 and says no Alberta will ever have to pay out of pocket for healthcare while she's actively dismantling public healthcare in Alberta.
Danielle Smith claims to be of Cherokee decent. A Cherokee genealogist reviewed Smith's family tree and said Smith's statement is untrue.
Danielle Smith claimed that her great-grandfather fled Ukraine after the First World War to escape communism. Immigration records show he left Austria (not Ukraine) prior to the start of WW1.
When she was running for leadership of the United Conservative Party, Danielle Smith said people could control whether or not they got cancer. She also insinuated that by preventing yourself from cancer, you’d be saving taxpayers money.
Danielle Smith was originally a member of the Progressive Conservative political party. She jumped ship to the Wildrose Party in 2009, a party which she'd eventually lead. In 2014, when she was leader of the Wildrose, she crossed the floor to rejoin the PC party.
Danielle Smith spent $80M on Turkish pain medication that wasn't approved by Health Canada. According to the UCP's own documents, the medication increased the risk of a life-threatening illness in neonatal patients. Out of 1.5M bottles that were ordered and paid for, only about 9,000 were ever sent to hospitals.
Danielle Smith is advertising for people to move to Alberta while the province is in the midst of a housing crisis, rising unemployment, and declining wages.
Danielle Smith launched a seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects, despite the CEO of the independent Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) stating he was opposed to the idea.
The political gang has this province institutionalized to serve politicians with the means or labor of the taxpayer
Bottom line, if you hate Alberta, just stay where you are, grow where you are and build up your paradise where you are. Meanwhile, your healthcare criticism of Alberta is very anecdotal - I live in Southern Okanagan as well as Southern Alberta, and I'd far rather have Alberta healthcare which is the best of a bad lot in Canada. I have much greater access to several medical specialists on a fairly timely basis in Alberta whereas BC is growing far worse. For those living in BC's Interior Health in areas like Cranbrook, they sometimes have to endure huge costs of transporting and multi-day hotel stays in Vancouver to get specialist care.
Bottom-line, just because you hate Alberta doesn't mean everyone else will hate it as well. BC is a lovely beautiful province, but basically it is only a great place to visit, not to live - unless you are coming to BC with lots of money.
PS. You hate Alberta's Premier but say Albertans would be great for pulling you out of a ditch. I dare say that Premier Smith would stop to help you, offering kindness as well. Just because you hero-worship your home province BC NDP government, doesn't merit putting down Alberta the way you have in this video. Stick to analysis of living in your own Province without mean-spirited put-owns of the politics and living environments of other Provinces.
Hi there! Hate was not used once in our video. 🤗
We moved from north of Edmonton to the Sunshine Coast (Powell River) a few years ago during Covid and agree with all of this. Great conversation. :)
😀 Oh cool! Nice move. 🎉
Alberta has a Sunshine Coast? Forgive me for chuckling.
Yeah, it sits on the east side of the Central Alberta Sea. 😉
You 2 were spot on!!
Appreciate this.
Your info is way out to date , my insurance is better structured and cheaper in Alberta than in BC. Total all your insurance than compare.
hellosafe.ca/en/car-insurance/barometer
"Alberta ($3,151 median premium), Nova Scotia ($2,491) and Ontario ($2,299) are the provinces where drivers pay the highest car insurance premiums in the country."
"Calgary and Edmonton are by far the cities where drivers pay the more car insurance premiums in Canada - with a respective annual median premium of $3,182 and $3,150."
That should have read Is destroying and dismantling everything. Its a real shit show here.
We have had a couple of retirees move to Alberta from Nova Scotia. Boggles my mind.
To save on income tax.
And not have an entire ER closed on a regular basis due to “no Dr on staff today”. Nova Scotia is absolutely beautiful, but as many pandemic migrants found out, it’s a shitshow and extremely expensive.
I lived ib bc most of my life and moved to Alberta about 10 years ago lol did the ndp write this for you you people don't really have a clue
We were born in Alberta, lived there our whole lives until 10 years ago when we moved to BC. Most of our family is still in Alberta. We go back and visit about three times a year. We keep track of Alberta politics and happenings. We have a lot more than a clue.
We ALL know this...more talk gee really? honestly
Alberta crude now connected to our southern coastal waters. A ship wreck by collision or grounding or more likely sabotage is not an if but a when according to CBC interview. The big tankers underway. Russian roulette the trigger has been pulled. Not if but when. Eco system collapse. Property value collapse coastal and for cities and towns.
There are definitely risks to consider.
If it was seen on the CBC it must be well grounded in fact.
Take a look sometime at an aerial view of the Vancouver port. Any given day there is 50 tankers in the harbour waiting. Full of chemicals and disasters waiting to happen. But one more from Alberta is the actual doom? What about the thousands of cruise ships that port in Vancouver and Victoria every year, solely to be able to dump their waste in Canadian waters enroute to Alaska because the US bans dumping waste in their own waters?
Or Victoria that built a wastewater treatment plant after decades of the US complaining about bc dumping sewage in the ocean, only to have it be obsolete by the time it was built? They designed a system based on antiquated population dynamics and didn’t even include commercial population or production.
But yes, Alberta’s one extra tanker is the only problem.
These guys are against Alberta through and through!
I don't think you watched the video. 😏 Highlighting aspects that aren't ideal doesn't mean we are against Alberta. There have been better days in Alberta with better leadership, but never great, and hopefully the next election offers a positive increase notably in public health care.
Our premier is great .. she’s the best , ALBERTA is the best . You don’t like her .fine. Stay out
😀 You got it. I agree with your last two words.
- Val
@@LiveontheSunshineCoast You liberal dippers
Alberta has "chinook realty pricing. ]" Up fast and down fast ... but nothing stays stable for long.