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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
One of the biggest jobs of a government is to inspire confidence. They are supposed to be the ones that have the plan, or at least thoughts on how to manage the province or the country.
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People aren't fragile children. Albertans need to face the reality that when times are booming and people are making money hand over fist, it isn't necessarily because we're all super and exceptional and outstanding people - it's because oil is $110 a barrel. And when times are bad it isn't because some evil government or foreign power somewhere has it in for us - it's because oil is $40 a barrel. The sooner Albertans understand this and make rational decisions based on this, the better.
But like Regorium says, I could never be a politician because I could never get in the habit of telling people lies to make them feel good.
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Originally Posted by username
It would be like the CEO of a company standing before his employees and telling them their company is done. You should just quit your job and work for our competitor.
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Of course, most energy companies in this province have done exactly that by laying off employees. Those workers were not necessary in a $40 oil environment, so they were told to leave. But the province can't lay off citizens, even if there are too many people here in some fields for the work in a $40 oil environment.
So the comments of the energy minister are like a CEO admitting that job cuts are necessary in this market.