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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's not a secret and it doesn't really work. It may work in the near future, but right now you're not getting a 52 year old Oil worker with 32 years in the industry to retrain successfully. He'll go on EI and wait until this one blows over except it never will. Retraining is a great idea, and every government does it. It's just not successful
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But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try, and it doesn't mean we should wait till its a major problem.
The wind/solar industry in Alberta could be much bigger. Hell, renewables could be much bigger across Canada as is. I know 66% of our electricity comes from renewable resources, but why can't we work to get it higher?
Sure, you might not retrain a 52 year old oil worker, but you can get people coming out of school into this industries right now.