It's almost like basing your entire economy on one single commodity is an incredibly short sighted choice.
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Alberta voted in a government who ran on balancing the budget through the magic of oil prices. Only a couple short years later, all of our public services are in crisis mode and the budget is worse than ever before because the price of oil didn't meet their projections. But hey, at least they got rid of that annoying photo radar thing, so you can let off some steam via road rage if the O&G market has got you feeling down. Bonus points if you run over any cyclists or trans kids.
Looking forward to 40 more years of backwards bullshit in this province.
I'm sure deferring maintenance and causing two $billion+ main watermain breaks in Calgary had nothing to do with it
Well, on the upside, I'm sure the middle east literally and figuratively exploding into a war zone will drive prices up in the near future. If Iranian counter-attacks take out Saudi and Emirati oil fields it will probably send oil way up.
im sure as a separate nation they can stand on their own two feet, considering their vast oil reserves...
like venezuela!
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