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Originally Posted by Azure
What I can't figure out is what exactly does the government want or 'need' with more money?
Other than that, personally I don't think giving the government even more is a better idea.
The auditor general already accused the provincial tories of wasting money on personal crap....and bonuses that were sometimes greater than their salary. Give the government even more money and they'll find ways to screw up even more stuff.
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Not being an ass here but just want to point out that this is "our" money as Albertans that we're talking about here - not the "government's money".
And its not about "needing" more money, but what is fair and reasonable given all of the circumstances. Seems incredibly dumb on our part if we've been selling our very valuable, but very finite (especially natural gas which is getting used up at an alarming rate) products too cheaply.
There has to be a balance IMO...but even the mighty EnCana IIRC admitted that there may be some room to increase royalties.
Not to get OT but the Encana 1/2 page message in the paper pissed me right off. IMO it came across pretty condescending. If they don't like things here and your $6.5 BILLION dollar profit , then get the heck out and don't let the door hit you in the ass. I'm sure that we can find some other oil company to work for a mere "6 BILLION" in your stead. If others took it the same as me their ad probably did more harm than good.