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Originally Posted by Shazam
None of those things even compare to the NEP. The NEP destroyed Calgary. Absolutely destroyed it. See this growth in Calgary you see now? Rewind 25 years ago. That's how it was like back then. Then imagine the Liberals coming in and stopping it cold. Hell, there were buildings in construction that just... stopped. Some of those shells were still shells until the late 90s.
Just how old... are you?
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Yup. I was very young at the time but if you talk to anyone that was around at that time and they will tell stories of hard working folks having to walk away from their homes and what not. The bitterness from all of that runs VERY deep among many Albertans.