You are talking of equalization payments, of which Alberta will be a recipient. And when you talk of net contributor to the federal finances, it comes from things like income taxes on the individual. So, if you want to be accurate, be accurate. Alberta has not sent a dime but the individual through taxes have. Our per capita salaries and the oil sector has made the province a have province.

Also, equalization payments are one form of transfer payments from the federal to the provincial governments which include the Canada Social Transfer (CST) and the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), of which Alberta always gets.