There's no surprises there. Companies are naturally afraid of unstable governments. The Stelmach Government is unstable, there's no two ways about it. Its not a Junta, or Dictatorship, or any conventional definition of unstable, but unstable due to incompetence, and lack of fundamental restraint.
I think everyone knew that the Oilsands holiday had to end soon, but to tamper with industry, attack conventional drilling, rip up existing contracts and use the socialist rallying cry of "fair share"... and not even a year later turn around when crap is hitting the fan and take it all away again (because they're losing more money than they can comprehend) says one thing to an outside investor. AVOID.
They're simply saying, we like Alberta, but we'll come back when you take care of that pesky Stelmach problem.
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