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Originally Posted by Fuzz
It is pretty silly to oppose this as Smith is. Like it or not, we are already in the transition. Where I work we have moved into these new markets. We have massive solar installations, wind, storage, hydrogen, geothermal, lithium exploration, CCUS, all happening right now. Farming reinvents itself constantly with new technology. The ship has sailed on conventional oil. Pre-2014 is not ever coming back.
So why not take what the feds are offering in support? Where is the drawback? So frustrating watching the media whip up a storm about this with no facts presented.
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In a sane world, you are correct. A transition is happening whether we like it or not due to global market forces, not Justin Trudeau. We can have that transition be "just" for Alberta where we take part in the green economy with solar, wind, hydrogen, carbon capture, etc, or "unjust". And as mentioned, it's not even a Liberal invention, it came from the international agreement in Paris. Anyways, given those two options I'll take just rather than leaving behind Oil and Gas workers.
Also, the smoking gun memo was something like page 68 of an 88 page report and was a giant nothingburger. But that's the sane world.
In Danielle Smith right wing culture war world it's an attack on Oil and Gas and our way of life(!) by the Eastern elites and your average Calgary Sun reader will take it hook line and sinker because it perfectly frames up "Smith fighting for Alberta"
It's as non-sensical as the Sovereignty Act but honestly, I'm afraid that it's going to work. Facts don't seem to matter anymore.