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Originally Posted by Buster
Policy drives capital decisions, which drives employment.
So to suggest that Notley's policy decisions on taxation/royalties has not had a material impact on the employment conditions in Alberta would be wrong.
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So if Prentice had been re-elected, there would have been thousands of fewer job losses, which is what I would have to assume by "material impact"? That's the dumbest thing I've read today, although the day is young.
The NDP's proposed policies could indeed have impacts in the longer term. But to try and place any material amount of blame on them for the current situation is idiotic. Of course, the O&G sector itself has no responsibility for its current situation. I mean, who could have foreseen that the price of a commodity in a demand economy might be subject to price fluctuations? I mean, that has never happened before, except for the multiple times it has.
I don't mean to take this thread off course, and I have nothing but sympathy for individuals who are losing their jobs, but this attitude that the NDP gov't is in any way responsible for the current situation is ludicrous. The sector spent like the good times were never going to stop, when history has done nothing but suggest that they eventually will. And did. So maybe letting everyone have every 2nd Friday off, and providing a non-stop gravy train of perks wasn't the soundest management philosophy.