[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

I see the energy minister has given CAPLA a similar dose of wisdom that the people of CAPL heard, which I'll be honest, was like sitting and listening to a speech from an alternate dimension.

It was evident within about 2 minutes that we are in a world of hurt if this energy minister has any decision making ability, which allegedly she does. I mentioned before, but the things that stuck out for me was when she said a) her #1 concern upon becoming energy minister was the protection of the provinces' caribou (which is odd because I didn't think their hooves could hold pencils to vote in elections) and 2) her opening 20 minutes or so declaring how she was qualified because she had family members and knew other people that had worked in various oil and gas positions. In fact, 1 was an admin if I recall, which means I highly suspect she unloaded a similar message to CAPLA.

Anyways, seriously, given the state of industry, macro elements, stricter environmentalism (I'm actually ok with this one, just saying), unnecessary and inadequate regulatory burden, a failure of both provincial and federal leadership to properly assist both industry and First Nations with clarity on how proper consultation and approvals should work, lack of access to foreign markets, one of the highest capital cost development areas in the world and increasing uncertainty with a royalty review plus slightly increased corporate taxes and perhaps most importantly- an aging and declining / mature asset basin........

It's little wonder why we are as ####ed as we really are. And so yeah, it's almost sickening to have a teacher stand up there, while your friends and family are losing jobs, can't get jobs, problems everywhere, and to hear this lady start talking about how her #1 concern is the caribou. When she is the energy minister. Caribou.

Caribou. Just think about that. At this stage of the downturn. It's mindboggling. I don't have any issue with party politics. I don't give a rats ass about who is governing or what, just give my family a chance and give other families a chance. Because at the end of the day, they are caribou.

Is there an issue with the caribou that the moment though? I am on a jobsite right now and the amount of money we are spending building animal crossings and underpasses on our pipelines is staggering. I have been up here since Feb. 2014 and have yet to see a single caribou. Wolves, bears, foxes and moose sure, but not on single caribou.