Give us that Alberta oil money!

On Monday, September 5th, I wrote a post entitled Hey Alberta, we're coming for your oil!. In that post I stated that taking Alberta's oil revenues and distributing it to all Canadians will become an election platform for the Liberal party. Actually, here's exactly what I said:

Now, if a government wants money from a certain area, but it doesn't know how people would react if they just up and took it, what's the best way to gage public opinion? An opinion poll, of course.

That's step one. I also predicted what step two will be:

Read the papers and listen to the radio in the next few weeks, talk of nationalizing our oil resources will be getting louder and louder.

That's why it was of absolutely no surprise today when I saw This article from the Globe and Mail today. Here's the headline, you'll love it:

Revenue sharing a potentially explosive campaign issue, survey results indicate

The trap has been set, the feelers are out, the game is on.

For those of you that just thought I was full of shit before, go read the article and draw your own conclusions. But one thing I know for sure; we're coming for that Alberta oil, be prepared.