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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
When your economy and lifestyle hinges on a particular industry, you're unlikely to see a major shift in Alberta in particular.
People are 'me first', usually. What is the government doing to subsidize innovation for alternative energy? Oil and gas companies, majors in particular, could maybe be prodded into the direction that hey- maybe you're an energy company, not just an oil and gas company.
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That reminds me of this. "McGuinty said that a number of MPs from Alberta — especially those on the committee — come to Parliament not prepared to work in the national interest. He said they give attention to the fossil-fuel sector to the detriment of renewable energy or other industrial sectors."
His "go home" comments deservedly got him in hot water, but he had a good point about Alberta MP's stifling alternative tech (which then the conservatives twisted into a an anti-western argument).
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11...a-controversy/