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Originally Posted by tkflames
This is a really interesting thread topic as I often find there to be a lot more of this sentiment than people Express publicly.
I would suggest that this sentiment is also predominant in people that have never lived outside the province. Canada as a whole is not trying to screw Albertans. We had a Calgary prime minister with a majority for a substantial portion of the last two decades. The reason people on the coast has very little to do with them hating Albertans and wanting to screw them and way more to do with being concerned about their own communities (and not necessarily understanding or wanting the financial impacts).
I would strongly encourage those that are feeling a strong case of this alienation to look inward about the environment you have placed yourself in (echo chambers, life experience etc.) to feel this way.
ASIDE: For those stuck on the pipeline sentiment...building pipelines is hard. We have a hard enough time building facilities when the surrounding landowners are the only stakeholders in a specific area Just ask Keystone stakeholders who are allegedly building in the most business friendly country in the world.
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Interesting. My observations are different.
My observations are that those who are interested in exploring the issue (whether they support or not) are those who are adversely affected by the oil industry.