| > You could have built refineries 50 years ago We literally have refineries in Alberta. https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/projects/canadian-refinerie... > Alberta needed to pivot hard away from oil 20 years ago. Why would you pivot away from something the world needs? Just yesterday at the G7 our European allies asked why we have interprovincial barriers, and requested a pipeline going east and LNG terminal so they can reduce their dependence on Russia. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/it-surprises-us-eu... Also our economy is more diverse than Ontario or BC. If you were here you'd see that, while oil and gas is a massive windfall, there's a lot of other stuff happening. https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/fraser-institute-ne... See, the thing is, our GDP per capita is 35% higher than Canada's as a whole... We haven't squandered anything. And what do we get from the rest of Canada? Barriers to further development... |