"Imagine that if Alberta had been able to keep the $200 Billion they sent to Ottawa from

This is either a deliberate, appalling falsehood, or a profound lack of knowledge of equalization payments.  Neither Alberta nor any other Province sends one penny to Ottawa in the form of equalization contributions.

Albertans pay precisely the same rate of federal income taxes, GST and other fees that every other Canadian pays, out of which Ottawa makes equalization payments.  Alberta paid NOTHING extra.