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Sadly, we have to raise this point around here (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's a complicated situation.

The stranglehold the oilpatch has here is insane. The other parties all talk about increasing environmental protection and transitioning to clean energy(like reasonable people) and the cons are the only ones fighting for expansion of the oil industry.

People hear that and think it will translate to mass layoffs and a following economic slump because Alberta has staunchly refused to diversify because oil has been such a cash cow for the last 80 years

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The other parties all talk about increasing environmental protection and transitioning to clean energy(like reasonable people) and the cons are the only ones fighting for expansion of the oil industry.

    Talk is cheap. Look at their actions. The previous Liberal built a pipeline at massive taxpayer expense.

    I hate the BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE schtick, but the Liberals have been very friendly to the oil patch in the past few years.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There's nothing complicated about it. Oil and Gas will never love you back, look at what happens every time the WTI so much as flickers. Why be so hitched to such an unstable one trick pony? Not suggesting it's going anywhere, but also questioning why they get to dictate everything. Albertans also need to smarten up as a whole, and get themselves off the oil diet, when it comes to personal finances and career design.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Why be so hitched to such an unstable one trick pony

    Because people can't seem to grasp the idea that something that worked for their parents and grandparents, might not work for them because the rest of the world is changing

    Not suggesting it’s going anywhere, but also questioning why they get to dictate everything.

    The B2B economy here is insane. Basically every company here is at most 2 hops away from the oilfield(ie: they are either directly oilpatch, support an oilpatch company, or support one of the companies that supports an oilpatch company)

    Albertans also need to smarten up as a whole, and get themselves off the oil diet, when it comes to personal finances and career design.

    1000% agree. It's just that every time Alberta has tried to diversify, there has been an oil boom and suddenly everyone with a pulse can make 6 figures if they just drop what they're doing and move to the patch. I don't blame those people for leaving their jobs. People gotta eat.

    Alberta is going to end up like the rust belt once the single industry that is propping it up leaves.

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