As I've said in previous posts, I'm a skeptic on this debate as I don't trust the spin generated by either side. However, as an impartial, skeptical observer, it appears to me that the media in this province are using their power to shape public opinion against the oil industry, while at the same time painting the government into a political corner where they have to make some kind of royalty grab to pacify the voters. If they don't, rightfully or wrongfully, they'll face potential disaster in the next election. The irony of all this is that the media might drive the majority of Albertans and their elected officials into doing the same thing to province's economy that the Liberals did with the NEP in the 1980s. As a third generation Albertan, I findly that darkly amusing.
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