Thanks for having the courage to offer an alternate opinion.
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I think in order to go along with the APP one has to convince oneself that our oil and gas industry is here to stay,
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What do you mean 'here to stay'? How long does that constitute? Even if you assume the same rate of production as today for the next 40 years, that means adults today (20 somethings) will be at retirement age when it runs out. But that is making a lot of assumptions like the world won't continue to slowly phase out carbon-heavy energy for cleaner energy and that the Alberta oil and gas won't get more and more expensive to mine. It's already among the least economical oil in the world due to the cost of extraction, and the extraction gets more difficult every year.
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... and a large portion of the Alberta population have been conditioned to think otherwise.
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It's true that oil consumption continues to go up around the world, so it's hard to say when the tipping point will be reached. But as greener energy becomes more viable and economical, surely you can see that the world will have to transition from a finite, dwindling resource to something more sustainable, right?
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Secondly, one has to convince oneself that Alberta will always have control over our resources, and what has gone on under the Federal Liberals would convince many otherwise.
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Alberta does have control over resources and the Federal Liberals are not going to change that. If you're referring to pipelines, that's a transport issue that crosses jurisdictions and it's not the Federal government that blocked it but other regional (Quebec, BC) levels of government. If it's just the Federal Liberals who are responsible for this why didn't we get pipelines to tidewater under Harper? Anyway, I think you're needlessly inserting politics and your political bias here which just obfuscates from the conversation.
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Finally, I think we do have the talent and integrity in our government to manage our own APP.
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I'm genuinely curious why you think so. What has this government done that has inspired so much confidence?