RIP
I grew up thinking that Getty was an epitome of careless government spending, disrespecting taxpayers' money and of being in cahoots with big business. In retrospect, he's got to lead the Province during possibly the worst time in modern Alberta history. But his means and intentions were good and consistent, actually. Provide funds and loan guarantees to the industries that struggle, try to help by intervening on industry's behalf. He's got a lot of flack for the Gainers failure; but he did try to save the company and keep people employed. Even the NovaTel affair, although convoluted, was rooted in good intentions to start privatization and competition process in the telephone business. I mean, in everything that had become more expensive since the 80's, international calling is probably the ONLY thing that's cheaper today than in those days of $5.50/minute from 8 am to 5 pm... Anyway, it was difficult to shine between Lougheed and Klein but he did what he could and he did not suck at it either.
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