It's discrimination, I'm telling you.
All right, Mayor Blake, I'm going to play devil's advocate with you for a moment.
Last year the Province of Alberta ran an enormous surplus. In fact, every resident of Alberta got a “Ralph buck” cheque. I'm sure that was very popular. The rest of the country was not so fortunate.
Why would the federal government pay towards a provincial jurisdiction for items here in Fort McMurray when your provincial government is swimming in cash?