University of Calgary economics professor Jack Mintz offered some medicine Monday for what he believes ails Canada when it comes to the perceived growing rift between the West and Central Canada. 'Conflict of claim'In his paper, Mintz characterized the dispute as a "conflict of claim," which involves a small, wealthy region sending significant amounts of money to a larger, more politically powerful, and poorer federation. "I don't think Albertans object to the policy of having environmental and resource policies twinned together and having responsible development. It's not like many years ago, when it was just a small part of Canada," Mintz said. "It pays a lot of the bills to the rest of Canada and so it should be a concern to the federal government," he said.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2019 02:50 UTC