The outright refusal of AB elected governments to acknowledge the changing world has frustrated me my entire life.
When I was in high school I told my dad, and friends, outright that I wasn’t going to follow in his footsteps. I recall saying “there is no way the industry will be the same when I’m mid career age”. That was 21 years ago.
Me, the guy who barely passed high school. I, who then went back to improve my highschool classes and barely passed that (and failed one). Because, I’m not an overly intelligent individual. That’s how ####ing obvious this has been for 20+ years. But no, everyone I’ve ever known who works in the industry is hard against any change, and throws money around like they’re in a rap video. People who’s job it is to ensure money is flowing in the province either ignored the obvious, or straight up couldn’t understand that things would change.
Blaming others for this mess drives me nuts. When this current party was elected they flat out said they weren’t looking to diversify. What!? Are you kidding me? I’m 100% pro Alberta oil, and we should be North America’s source no question. At this point though, after all the money we’ve made (I recall seeing dollar figures in bold headlines during Ralph times... we’ve been rubbing it in everyone’s faces since day 1), we should be a national leader in energy R&D. We could be the national leaders in nuclear, anything. “Here is our 40 year plan to sell our oil, grow AB jobs, and transition into a changing world as a leader”. But no, nope. It’s everyone else’s fault.
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