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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
That's quite a distinction.
You realize of course that the oil had to be there in the first place for us to take advantage of it.
Why this is even a point of contention with some people? You actually seem offended by the suggestion. It's not an insult. I've lived here all my life and benefited just like everyone else. My old man is in the oil business and if the oil wasn't there, he wouldn't have moved here in the first place.
Sure, Alberta worked hard, sacrificed did this, developed that, but the fact of the matter is that if the oil and gas wasn't there, most of us woudn't be either, and neither would all that money. Hard work, intution and smart ideas wouldn't have helped if it was just rocks under the ground.
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Alberta could have just sat back collected its money and done nothing to think about the future, encourage more development/expansion in the industry and basically just focsued on the short term goals.
Sure the oil had to be there for those things to happen but Alberta could have had all that oil and not been as well off as they are now the oil only got them so far. They have done alot more to take advantage of their situation and make it better.
I am not sure why you think it is so trivial that rather than take the oil for granted, Alberta has looked at ways they can use this "advatage" if you want to call it to become even stronger.