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Originally Posted by Red
He did more for the Canada's O&G sector. There is a lot more to Canada than O&G and a lot are hurting because of Trump. O&G contributes to about 6% of Canada's GDP.
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That's totally fair, like I said I'm pretty oil and gas focused so I don't know how new tariffs have effected say, the aluminum or steel or auto industry. Maybe they've been devastated, but right now it doesn't seem to the same degree that O&G was devastated by Obama's decision to kill keystone. What's his legacy to Canadians? Besides being friends with Trudeau and everyone liking him because he's likable and fitting in more with the beige nice-guy Canadian persona than Trump. That's all well and good but it's superficial crap, when it comes to actual boosts to our bottom line Trump helped us more by trying to undo a disastrous decision that has made our province, and by extension all of us, poorer for no reason.
Warren Kinsella on twitter is an interesting follow because he's a Liberal who now lives in Toronto but was originally from Alberta, is a fan of Obama and now Biden, and hates both Trump and Trudeau. Big mixed bag. He had recently become a big booster of Alberta getting export capacity because he recognizes how painfully unfair the current situation is so I was interested in how he would reconcile that with being a huge Biden supporter with yesterday's news. His stance seems to be something like "Yeah this isn't great but surely you don't think this means we should support Trump..." Well to me it does, as a Canadian citizen Biden just articulated a policy that would tear a hole in Canada US trade, weaken North American energy security, enhance market share for Venezuela and Iran, and remove billions of dollars from future GDP that we will need to pay off this COVID debt. How's Biden going to make up for that? That's what every Canadian should be asking, I would bet he doesn't have a good answer. The benefits of having someone you like, even if he's a nicer guy or whatever, is not worth the real tangible cost to our economy. I get that people hate trump and if you were an American citizen there'd be reasons to vote for Biden that would improve your life but strictly as a Canadian right now I see a ton of down side and no upside offer in return. Biden would immediately kick all of us in the nuts and we'd thank him and ask for another just like we did with Obama it's bizarre.