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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
It could be that the price of natural gas is worth next to nothing right now, so anyone that would do any exploration in the area is only throwing their money away, particularly because most of the natural gas in Saskatchewan is dry.
I guess it is possible that there are vast Saskatchewan Oil Sands which just haven't been discovered yet but it also could be that the Athabasca Oil Sands don't stretch to Saskatchewan.
I don't know what your last little jab was about, but you do see a positive return on investing money into a healthy population... and I am not in favour of a totalitarian communist regime, I just think that the government spending money in areas where there is a positive return on the investment is good,
Snide comments aside, do you think that a healthy population is more efficient than an unhealthy population?
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That doesn't make any sense, the price of Natural Gas has been the same in Alberta as Saskatchewan, yet there was no exploration done in Saskatchewan until recently. Until then the discovered oil and gas deposits stopped right at the border. It seems strange that God decided the sedimentary basin deposits would suddenly stop at an arbitrary line drawn by our governments, doesnt it? Saskatchewan Bakken suddenly became one of the hottest plays in North America in the past decade, but it's ALWAYS been there. Something changed to make it profitable and desirable....Brad Wall and his governments royalty/tax incentives.
We have another sparkling example in Alberta when Special Eddy decided he was going to raise royalties a few years ago. Investment dollars fled out of Alberta faster than the teachers union members voting in Red Redford. Jobs were lost, provincial revenues fell, and all because of a stupid government decision. Of course they had to reverse their policy soon after lest our entire economy totally crash.
I don't equate government spending to a healthy population so your point is moot.