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Originally Posted by photon
Why? If a company doesn't make a minimum amount of profit then they don't create value for their shareholders, the shareholders take their money elsewhere, company goes under because they can't get money to do business, company goes under, all the jobs are lost.
Only way to change that is to change away from a capitalistic society.
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Can't that be applied to any business, though? I mean, why shouldn't other companies get breaks to stimulate that development that aren't oil and gas? Now is a great time to start stimulating other industries in Alberta and diversify away from the one-trick oil and gas pony that Alberta is. Lord knows that resource won't last forever.
As a side interest, I take it you were pro-bailout in September for those financial companies in the States?