I find this hilarious that people throw people here in no-win situations constantly where when you're not being labelled as both simultaneously, you have to choose one or the other.
Like I'm not over here calling Ontarians a bunch of idiots for electing Doug Ford, Nova Scotians for Tim Houston, or British Columbians for the polling Conservatives are having there, and yet because "it's Alberta" it's justified to blanket insult people here constantly.
You're blatantly ignoring context in order to score cheap and easy points online because "Alberta bad" is easy and popular. People are rightfully frustrated that they can't find a job and that the federal government is doing nothing about blatant LMIA abuse by companies for entry-level positions or positions that they can't fill because of blatant underpaying wages. They're frustrated that they see news stories of international students using food banks to cut their costs, and aren't provided proper context by the media at large of the federal government's failing to properly inform those students of what it costs to get by here. The questions were also clearly framed to make things sound rational.
Being misled is not the same as being outright stupid, and if you want to go ahead and claim that it is, then I fundamentally disagree with you. All these cheap insults do is fan people's thoughts of western alienation in a time where we're supposed to be unifying.
Edit: Rob to Doug, oop