How safe/fair is it to say that without the oil and gas, Alberta would have been nothing or next to nothing? Wouldn't we have found another way? Before Leduc #1 came in sometime in 1949, weren't we still doing okay as a province? I recall my father-in-law telling me that he worked on the rigs when there was absolutely NO money to be made (that would have been pre-Leduc #1).
I believe that Sask is developing it's oil potential and that is just great.
How much of the lack or seeming lack of resources that other provinces have can be attributed to lack of vision in the government and the leadership? Seems to me that there are times when there appears to be a lack of leadership in this province too, the only difference is that we keep having all of this money come in, so many people in the province tend to turn a blind eye. I recall in the last election that "king Ralph" won all those seats because of deals he made at the last minute AND because oil was back up to a very high level. Would his coronation have been as complete if oil were at $11/barrel? I don't know for sure and that is something we will never know.
Seems to me our leaders spend an awful lot of time going on missions somewhere with pieces of paper having signed promises on them, but not a whole lot ever seems to come of it. Maybe it's just me and someone else out there knows a lot more of the stats than I that these missions do some good. What good came from our leaders flipping burgers at a rock concert in Toronto?
In other threads and in talking personally with people from provinces like Saskatchewan, there seems to be an awful lot of despair over the government and the leadership.
I'm concerned about our growing too dependent on any one thing for our economic survival - low oil prices and the current problems in agriculture point to that not being the best way to go.
I believe that Sask is developing it's oil potential and that is just great.
How much of the lack or seeming lack of resources that other provinces have can be attributed to lack of vision in the government and the leadership? Seems to me that there are times when there appears to be a lack of leadership in this province too, the only difference is that we keep having all of this money come in, so many people in the province tend to turn a blind eye. I recall in the last election that "king Ralph" won all those seats because of deals he made at the last minute AND because oil was back up to a very high level. Would his coronation have been as complete if oil were at $11/barrel? I don't know for sure and that is something we will never know.
Seems to me our leaders spend an awful lot of time going on missions somewhere with pieces of paper having signed promises on them, but not a whole lot ever seems to come of it. Maybe it's just me and someone else out there knows a lot more of the stats than I that these missions do some good. What good came from our leaders flipping burgers at a rock concert in Toronto?
In other threads and in talking personally with people from provinces like Saskatchewan, there seems to be an awful lot of despair over the government and the leadership.
I'm concerned about our growing too dependent on any one thing for our economic survival - low oil prices and the current problems in agriculture point to that not being the best way to go.
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