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Old 05-06-2017, 05:14 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Caged Great View Post
Look at jobs in coal country in West Virginia in the States.

Coal is obsolete entirely. Those people are screwed and are not getting any help to change their way of doing things at all. Just false promises that coal is coming back, when it's not.

Alberta, if it doesn't plan properly to transition into other things will similarly be screwed.
How is Alberta going to transition into anything else successfully?

I mean they can try and mitigate, but when the oil gravy train pulls away from the station, Alberta will take some lumps.

Albertans aren't inherently smarter and harder-working then other areas in Canada. If the natural resources dry up, the competitive advantage is gone.

When that time comes I would suggest packing bags and moving to wherever the hot economy is.
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