Furthermore, Kenney says Alberta could be looking at unemployment in Alberta of 25% in the next two years. That is higher than unemployment has ever been anywhere in Canada. The worst was in NFLD in the 80's and then it was only 18%. Hell it is worst that the US unemployment numbers at the peak of the great depression at 24%. And Kenney is talking about spending money to give away our resources! If his truly believes his predictions I hope he shares his government plan with us real soon as to how Albertans are supposed to cope instead of just telling us how bad it is going to be.
Nice touch though, telling the oil industry the day before that the environmental cleanup is now a "collective financial liability." Was he telling the industry to expect another taxpayer gift to cover abandoned well cleanup. When did the oil industry and conservatives become such socialists to demand the taxpayers clean up their mess.
I guess just add this largess to other support governments from all parties give the oil industry. Industry says we cannot compete with foreign oil because ours cost more to produce so we need support. We cannot afford to build pipelines because of low prices so please subsidize pipeline construction. We cannot afford to build refineries in Canada, it is must better that subsidized pipelines take Canadian oil to US or Chinese refineries. Our increasing production has outstripped pipeline capacity so we need rail transport now so the government needs to build tank cars for us and displace some of that grain being moved and don't worry about safety. Yet when world oil prices fall to historical low levels that same industry tells Canadians faced with gasoline prices that don't come down that the industry is competitive so prices are where they should be.
Nice touch though, telling the oil industry the day before that the environmental cleanup is now a "collective financial liability." Was he telling the industry to expect another taxpayer gift to cover abandoned well cleanup. When did the oil industry and conservatives become such socialists to demand the taxpayers clean up their mess.
I guess just add this largess to other support governments from all parties give the oil industry. Industry says we cannot compete with foreign oil because ours cost more to produce so we need support. We cannot afford to build pipelines because of low prices so please subsidize pipeline construction. We cannot afford to build refineries in Canada, it is must better that subsidized pipelines take Canadian oil to US or Chinese refineries. Our increasing production has outstripped pipeline capacity so we need rail transport now so the government needs to build tank cars for us and displace some of that grain being moved and don't worry about safety. Yet when world oil prices fall to historical low levels that same industry tells Canadians faced with gasoline prices that don't come down that the industry is competitive so prices are where they should be.
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