On 7-Jan-2004, "George E. Cawthon" wrote:

Probably from the U.S. Canada and the U.S. have a Columbia
River treaty and several other agreements about operation of
the large reservoirs on the upper Columbia River in B.C.

BC gets the benefits and this subsidizes Albertans? You don't
know much about Canadian politics! :-)

More likely, the Albertan subsidies come from oil sales.

Mike