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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
2 things.
One is that I’m not that interested in having a debate about it. I’m really not. Nobody is interested in changing their mind.
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Why wouldn’t they? This isn’t the fervent left and environmental warriors who see the rise in production as the problem, these would be people who see a significant rise in production and think ‘isn’t that a good thing?’
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Two is that it is not the right framing. As if exporting the most oil ever is the right way to think about it, it isn’t. It doesn’t take into account consideration about a million things and lacks so much context and is so disingenuous it’s kinda tough to even know where to start.
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The start is easy: ‘heres just one or two of a million reasons why a 50% increase in production isn’t as good as it seems.’
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Yes, everyone in oil and gas are whiny. And all they do is whine and they have no point to their whining and they have nothing to complain about and the country has done an amazing job for the industry to make sure it is all working really smoothly and competitively. Got it. You guys win the debate thing, now let’s continue to watch the Canadian economy slide.
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‘Hey auto workers, I know you’ve seen production fall by 50% over the past decade, but wait until you hear what the oil and gas industry has been through!’
Canadians are generally in favour of resource development. But they have their own problems so the ‘our growth and unprecedented levels of production isn’t good and we won’t elaborate further and why are you being so unfair to us, do you even care?!’ shtick probably isn't the way to win hearts and minds. Again, these are people generally in favour of oil and gas production, not against it. Why should what appears to be a thriving industry (because what is the measure of an industry if not their production) be more at the front of their mind ahead of other sectors of the economy?