Why you shouldn't move to Alberta

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These people calling Smith “insane” is what convinced me to move to AB

Smith is a lunatic? She's the sanest Premier in Canada. Politics is a huge reason why people are moving to Alberta.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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 👍

You lost me as soon as you started quoting CBC.

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.

Alberta is a great place to live

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.

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

Didn't watch the video but Alberta is Full, don't come here.

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.

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.

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.

Being the only rat-free place on earth is the only reason I stay.

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