FFS why is this such a big deal? It's free training. Big whoop. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head saying you need to complete the training and go work on a windmill.
The market will ALWAYS dictate where the labour force goes. If you're a pipeline welder working O&G at $50/hr and you have unlimited work ahead of you, what's the harm in getting free training to go weld on a windmill in the case oil drops? If it doesn't drop and windmills pay $60/hr vs O&G $50 then go work there!! Let the oil companies compete for your services. Capitalism. Enjoy it. Everyone wins.
To me this is just another liberal vanity project where they get to tell people how "green" (lol) they are while continuing to rake in cash from Alberta energy. Oil isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so if they want to sprinkle cash here to champion their "transition" go right ahead.
But yeah EHRMAGERD here comes Trudeau to steal MAH JERBS and force egress shutdowns on one of Canada's biggest industries or something like that I'M OUTRAGED! TO TWITTER I GO!!
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