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Originally Posted by Table 5
You and I are lucky that our livelihoods are not directly tied to the energy sector, but I can see why it is extremely frustrating to those that are. The majority of these hurdles are not free-market driven, were put there by those outside of our province's borders, and we are not allowed to navigate around them as we see fit. The only path forward that we are being given is to start doing things that are outside of our natural competitive advantage. It's like taking away the basketball from Lebron James, and telling him that he's welcome to play hacky sack.
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I totally get it. I understand frustration of trying to succeed despite regulation and processes outside my control. I spent years trying to get government approval in a very challenging process in development. I think you might have had some knowledge of that.
Despite extreme frustrations, I ultimately succeeded not by digging in and calling people throwing up those barriers stupid. I found a way to persuade them. With market access for energy, I'm simply posing the question, what is the best way to change tact and be more successful on that front? I'm also suggesting that diversification isn't an either/or tactic. Lebron can play basketball and learn hacky sack. Pretty athletic guy.