[Thunderball]

The study is a little misleading, as it focuses on the energy sector, and not its spin-offs... this tends to lessen the likely effects. Even in Oil Country, Alberta... only something like 17% are directly employed in the Energy sector. This says nothing about likely losses in services, retail, manufacturing, transport, aerospace, and agriculture. Not to mention damage from inflation and a general decline in global competitiveness.

This is where we enter the grey zone, and this is where it can get downright disasterous. Yes, there are the income tax cuts, but that is not guaranteed to be of any help, especially with their desired re-upping of the GST.

I'm going to assume Jaccard and CIMS were acting professional, but I can't help but notice who paid for the study... and who likely wanted a certain outcome exemplified. Just like "Our Fair Share" was penned by professionals, but lets face it, they were professionals paid to arrive at a certain conclusion. Some involved have publicly admitted that.