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Old 08-05-2016, 11:09 AM   #2602
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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck View Post
Their handling of the royalty review is a perfect example. Their initial election platform displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of how royalties work in our province.

But, to their credit, they put together a panel of experts and actually listened to them. End result? They didn't look like complete buffoons at the end of the process, even though the uncertainty injected into the market because of it was completely avoidable and unnecessary.
Except that they dragged it on for so long, and created so much uncertainty that every Oil company slashed their investment and capital budgets because they were sure of the results or didn't trust the NDP to do the right thing.

So I can't say that overall it was well handled, but at least they listened to reason.
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