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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Fair enough, but ~30% of the Government of Alberta's revenue is from the oil and gas sector, not to mention income tax collected from those in the Oil and gas industry. So yes, you are affected quite signifigantly (if not indirectly) by the oil and gas industry. If it dried up, how much funding do you think it would be for non profit programs such as yours?
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Sorry to keep hijacking this thread.
Just to clarify this: Alberta government contributes just over $60,000 annually to the program I work for.
It's true that it would be much harder for them to fund various programs without the O&G revenue, but we have been in existence for the past 25 years and received the AB gov funding for much of that time. The have-not provinces all have similar programs regardless of their oil revenues.
Back on topic: I do understand that I too should be looking to make a move to O&G and stop complaining about the cost of gas. But until I do that and start getting a higher salary, bonuses, RSPs, and other benefits that could make me comfortable spending over $1/liter of gas, I am definitely changing my driving habits.