To bring you up to speed, Ralph Klein, the premier of Alberta, has announced that every Albertan will receive a prosperity cheque of CAD$400 to help disperse the kabillion dollar government surplus.
Naturally, most of the rest of the country is a little miffed. There are a lot of Albertans on both sides of the argument. Some say the money can be used more productively, and mostly the rest are just planning to get shit faced.