[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

No insult intended, but its not like the Oil just bubbled out of the ground for part time troglodytes to scoop up with a shovel. The sheer will and determination and cost and effort that's gone into exploiting this resource does indicate that this province works very hard for its money. Every province has a resource that it can exploit for profit, some do and some don't. You can point to Quebec as a province that doesn't and they're constantly sitting there getting hand outs.

And yes, you're partially right, the Oil prices do have a major effect on the economy. But the Provincial Governments antics have pretty much destroyed this provinces energy sectors confidence in terms of continual investment. Their bizarre interim budget combined with things like the minimum wage increase have pretty much put the breaks on small business, the upcoming carbon tax is going to hurt everyone in the province at the worst possible time.

Notley's arrogance and the governments continual delays of things like the legislative session, the budget when the NDP were running federally, and the royalty review all have a fairly significant hand in this provinces economic tumble.

You can't keep pointing to one factor our of many and say, its that guys fault. Every speech, every word and every decision by this government resonates, and even more so now that confidence is so low.

What are these resources that aren't being used for profit?