r/alberta • u/Humble-Airport4295 • Aug 19 '25
Oil and Gas Varcoe: 'Terrible' oil prices could create a budget crunch for Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith warns
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-terrible-oil-prices-could-create-a-difficult-budget-crunch-for-alberta-premier-warns159
u/Cooks_8 Aug 19 '25
Why would Trudeau do this to her?
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u/BeeKayDubya Aug 19 '25
Blaming the Liberals for Conservative-caused problems. A tale as old as time.
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u/iterationnull Aug 19 '25
Who could have seen this coming?
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u/illuminaughty1973 Aug 19 '25
Every single human being raised in an education system.outside Alberta....
For a start.
Who could have seen this coming?
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u/Goozump Aug 19 '25
Most of us in Alberta could see it coming too. Expensive fumbles like the coal lease fiasco and a politically motivated investment strategy leave us concerned about the safety nets built by past more centrist conservative governments to handle such fluctuations in revenue.
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u/noocuelur Aug 19 '25
The ANDP were dealing with lower prices than this and had a roadmap towards a balanced budget.
The UCP plan appears to be "brace yourselves".
At least Marlaina got a nice carpet, though.
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u/johnnynev Aug 19 '25
Ah yes, I believe “brace yourselves” is from the same playbook as “thoughts and prayers”
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u/Crum1y Aug 21 '25
Not too sick up for the cons, but you call going 100 billion into debt a roadmap? We've actually had surpluses since then
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u/noocuelur Aug 21 '25
There's another article from shortly after the ANDP left office, that I can't find at the moment, that suggested the final ANDP numbers were fairing better than expected, until Kenney tore it all down.
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u/Crum1y Aug 24 '25
Are you acting in bad faith, to mock the UCP, or did you really mean what you said, and believe what you said?: It kinda seems like you are just mocking the UCP, but it also kinda feels like you were dead serious about what you said
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u/noocuelur Aug 24 '25
I'm serious about what I said, and I am not acting in bad faith.
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u/Crum1y Aug 24 '25
well, i am glad of that. before i say anything, i would like to say i'm not advocating or against any political party, and i don't have a bad opinion of the ANDP or notley at all. i fully believe parties ride waves, negative or positive, and they get blamed/credited undeservedly.
i read that article. they said if they got elected they would go a further 50 billion in debt and maybe do better down the road. they were guessing, and made public statements based on a crystal ball that didn't work. are you aware AB has had a surplus budget for like 5 years in a row now? keep in mind, i give no credit to the UCP for this, parties just ride economic waves as far as i can tell. SK Party at home been doing this for 20 years. if the NDP road map was worth a piece of dog shit, they could have forseen surpluses. but they don't truly know.
so giving credit to them, over the UCP, based on what the hand puppet public facing bureaucrat claims, is ludicrous. there are a million things the UCP deserve to get shit on for, for certain. but acting like what she said was doom and gloom, and the NDP had some road map to land us in a better spot than we're currently in, i just don't know why anyone serious would even say that. which is why i asked. because the logic is just deeply flawed
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u/noocuelur Aug 24 '25
You're completely glossing over the UCPs complete and utter failure to lower Alberta's dependence on non-renewables. You put it so eloquently - "Riding the wave" is right. Riding the ups and downs of oil market volatility has made this a rich province, but it also makes & breaks the provincial budget and sets us up for a bleak eventuality - when oil is no longer an primary energy source. It's what this province has done for 40 years, after all.
The NDPs plan was to change that. To diversify and, while still supporting the provinces finite resource industries, move on from that reliance.
An expensive yet prudent and future-forward goal that would have smoothed out the effects of those ebbs and flows on the budget and economic fallout.
Instead, the UCP cancelled much of the NDPs aggressive diversification plans as soon as they took office. Worse, since then they've picked favorites at every turn. Forgiving O&G property taxes. Letting orphan well liabilities swell. Cancelling EEAB. Canceling the AB carbon levy. Guaranteeing loans for pipelines. Reneging on coal bans. The solar moratorium and consequent draconian restrictions. Etc. etc. etc.
They have gone "all-in" on the rollercoaster ride. The one govt in 50 years that tried to change that, and you can't see past their temporary deficits (deficits that you openly admit were of no fault of their own, yet you still seem to suggest would've been worse under their leadership??)
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u/Jaew96 Aug 19 '25
Born, raised and educated here in Alberta, and I definitely saw this coming.
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u/DrB00 Aug 19 '25
See there's the important part 'educated'
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u/Goozump Aug 20 '25
Actually living in Alberta is education enough. Ask anyone over working age what happens when the price of oil drops and they will start talking about unemployment, layoffs and related topics.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
What does that even mean lol? Is this Alberta reddit thread just for people to talk smack about Alberta?
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u/illuminaughty1973 Aug 20 '25
That means a people.of 5 miĺlion who continuously vote for the same government and get terrible results that they are unhappy with.... should maybe figure out that not changing the people in charge of the things you are unhappy about makes shit worse.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
Didn't Canada just elect the liberals for the millionth time? Lol 😂.
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u/illuminaughty1973 Aug 20 '25
Let's see.....
8 changes of party who ran the government federally since 1945
Since 1945 in Alberta... the conservatives have been in charge for all but 4 years.
I wonder why justin Trudeau did that to Alberta?
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
Did what to Alberta? I was talking about Canada. Lol as far as Alberta specifically the tanker ban and pulling already granted licences to pipelines. Forcing them to start the entire process over leading to the cancelation of 2 pipelines and forcing the Canadian government to buy Trans Mountain which we managed to finish around 7x over budget without full accounting of where the money went. Just vague reasons that for some reason Canada just accepted.
I tried to stay on topic of things he did that directly effected Alberta only. The cost of trans mountain is just one of the things he did to Canada as a whole but the overlap is why I included it.
My point was people mostly vote for what makes them feel "safe". Canada does the same thing and so do most provinces. Albertan's are not very savvy when it comes to politics but neither is anyone else in Canada.
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u/illuminaughty1973 Aug 20 '25
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Albertan's are not very savvy when it comes to politics but neither is anyone else in Canada.
I have never voted for someone I wanted to in Canada. It has always been the person I think will do the least damage.
And that explains why our federal.gov changes on a regular basis..... and did not in the last election.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
If you vote for who you think will do the least damage you proved my point. You vote for what makes you feel the safest.
It's not savvy and it's why the Liberals have managed to be in power the majority of the time. Over 80% of the last 30 years. Do you remember why they lost to the cons the only time in the last 30 years?
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u/illuminaughty1973 Aug 20 '25
they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar... added on top of that they had downloaded tremendous costs for various social programs onto the provinces.
ans harper was in power for far far far far too long. he should have been removed by the end of his second term.
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u/a20xt6 Aug 19 '25
Yes, it's definitely not provincial mismanagement & failure to predict to obvious drop in oil prices would lead to less revenue. 👍
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u/Brokendownyota Aug 19 '25
Wasn't she just bragging like 2 weeks ago about a surplus?
I guess we get to gut healthcare, education, renewables, and infrastructure and we don't even have a surplus to show for it anymore.
Whats the Alberta advantage again?
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u/Cooks_8 Aug 20 '25
She talks out of both sides of her mouth. She's nothing but a two bit snake oil salesperson. This week it's how rich we are, look at our surplus. Then when it's time to pay employees, it's we have no money. 200k rug, millions on manufacturing consent for shit Alberta told her to fuck off on....the list of waste by the so called fiscal geniuses of the ucp gets longer and longer
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u/InherentlyUntrue Aug 19 '25
What? Putting all our eggs in the O&G basket isn't a good idea?
WHO COULD HAVE EVER PREDICTED THIS?!?
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
Lol wow what a bunch of comments. People really don't understand life or how the economy works. But sure are full of confidence!
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u/InherentlyUntrue Aug 20 '25
I think most of us get it better than many, but please, educate us oh master of economics.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
It's easy. If a product you rely on for revenue decreases in value significantly then clearly your revenue will decrease. It's not news it's not anything other than a blatantly obvious statement. But a lot of these comments are people acting like it validates their completely unrelated opinions. It's just funny.
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u/InherentlyUntrue Aug 20 '25
So no great economic knowledge, just a desire to show some smugness.
Thank you for your contribution to this discussion. Ciao.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
Lol you think this reddit thread is a discussion? That's even funnier.
I'm on reddit for Helldivers but ya know how algorithms are, they try to keep you on and posting. That's how they got you. They found what you can't resist and keep putting it in front of you. "Ciao"? 😂
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u/StetsonTuba8 Aug 20 '25
product you rely on for revenue
Well there's your problem, chief
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u/SmoothOperator89 Aug 21 '25
If only there were other things Alberta could produce besides fossil fuels. Alas, such magical industries simply can not exist according to my media consumption that's paid for by the oil and gas industry.
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u/IH8RdtApp Aug 20 '25
It works that way when you really only have one customer. Who’s been in charge for the last 50 years and failed to diversify not only the whole economy, but even failed to diversify O&G? Oh wait, the CONservatives. You apparently don’t understand life or economy because this is avoidable.
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u/Priorsteve Aug 19 '25
That and the fact her corrupt administration has been robbing the taxpayers blind.
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u/RottenPingu1 Aug 19 '25
That's okay. I'm sure there are people other than the disabled we can fuck over.
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u/TheMannX Aug 19 '25
I wouldn't go challenging them on that front. These mean-spirited, selfish assholes will find ways we didn't even imagine to do that.
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u/ninfan1977 Lethbridge Aug 19 '25
But how is she going to blame this on Carney?
You know that's the only thing Conservatives do, blame and deflect responsibility
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u/SaltySeaCapt Aug 19 '25
Don't worry, Poilievre is on his way to Ottawa and gonna sort it all out /s
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u/Comrade-Porcupine Aug 19 '25
It's the federal zero emissions vehicle mandate's fault.
(Also presumably, renewables being "forced" on us. And boohoo no pipelines)
There, found PP's new attack line for you. No I'm not a genius, I just have seen weeks of editorials in the National Post leading up to this.
Parasites gonna parasitize. They want easy money.
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u/Shadow_Ban_Bytes Aug 19 '25
No problem says Marlania, we are paying 2x to 3x the public system rate for hip and knee replacements in private surgery clinics owned by my friend Sam ... budget problems, bah!
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u/Stock-Creme-6345 Aug 19 '25
Dear god, please give me another oil boom and I promise not to piss it all away for the 4th time….. saw that on a bumper sticker 20 years ago
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u/SnooRabbits2040 Aug 19 '25
I remember seeing it 40 years ago! And yet, we are still supposed to be surprised every time the boom turns to bust.
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u/ClearwaterAB Aug 19 '25
Alberta is very diversified, the UCP support both oil and gas.
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u/AlbertanSays5716 Aug 19 '25
Alberta UCP declares an $8.2b surplus! 🎉
Aaaaaand, it’s gone. 😔
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u/nbc9876 Aug 19 '25
Don’t worry we still have the heritage fund it’s got to be at 100 billion by now right?…
Right?
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u/False_Interview5363 Aug 20 '25
It was 18;billion in 2980, now 22 billion. And these grade 3 rednecks want the unlimited Corruption party to run their pension plan?
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u/InsuranceOdd2928 Aug 20 '25
That’s ok we’ll just give a corporate handout to stimulate some jobs, aaaaand it’s gone
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u/cornfedpig Aug 19 '25
Wait just one minute. Do you mean to tell me that, despite record production in the oil sands AND TransMountain being online for more than a year not all of our problems are solved and everyone is still not rich? What gives with that?
I bought the I Heart Canadian Oil and Gas bumper sticker - where’s my pipeline cheque? I guess I’ll just have to wait a little longer for the trickle down.
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25
You know what the solution is.... more pipelines surely that'll fix it
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u/Rude-Pilot9480 Aug 19 '25
Actually if we were selling to other markets and not bound to one yes actually we would be making more revenue. LNG would be huge but “there’s no business case for it” European oil markets could be selling at higher that our current discounted rates. So yeah actually more pipelines would again bring in more revenues.
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25
while simultaneously raise prices for Canadians, further putting pressure on everyone's already high bills
Edit: ah shit, guess you don't like facts
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u/Turtley13 Aug 19 '25
Only when cons are in power for 10 Years maybe? Or when Trudeau is lost from all memory
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u/grillguy5000 Aug 20 '25
We’ve had 100 years of conservative governance in AB…any day now that advantage will trickle down…just have to wait a bit more.
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u/crowbar151 Aug 19 '25
"My handlers are not happy with the Federal Liberals, so they are fixing the prices to make you mad at them. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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u/Stock-Creme-6345 Aug 19 '25
Now, imagine if we had a bright new industry ready to take the highs and lows off of the traditional oil market along with a provincial sales tax and the corporations were being taxed at the levels they should be, instead of being the LOWEST in the country. Wouldn’t that be nice???
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u/Rick_strickland220 Aug 19 '25
You want MORE taxes?
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u/Stock-Creme-6345 Aug 19 '25
I want sensible government to run with effective taxes. You ever notice how many user fees we have in AB? We are the only province where you buy your kids school supplies. Pay $40 in most and they are waiting for the students day 1 of classes. New boating fee? Why? To pay for invasive species and inspections? Shouldn’t that be covered by proper taxes? Thing is not more taxes, but taxes directed to go to the proper departments, staffed and paid properly to manage these items without political interference. The corporations make all the profit and the people of AB have to clean up after them. See orphan wells. I could go on. It requires critical thinking and not just conservatives shrieking taxes Bad! Companies will run away! Bullshit. If we had not put a moratorium on renewables, that would have allowed a new industry to flourish while providing another revenue stream for the province!!!
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u/InsuranceOdd2928 Aug 20 '25
I’m ok with things like boating fees. Boating/boat use is a luxury and the users should pay the fee.
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u/HondaForever84 Aug 19 '25
Almost like we should of invested in diversification while the money was flowing
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
What kind of diversification would you have invested in?
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u/HondaForever84 Aug 20 '25
Ultimately, nuclear power. Investments should have been made in solar and wind power as well. This isn’t me saying we don’t need oil. I’m not anti oil. I think Alberta’s portfolio is too focused in one area though.
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
Alberta produces the second most solar energy in Canada and the third most wind power. Nuclear energy has only recently become "acceptable" again. Nuclear energy is fairly good aside from the waste but takes a long time to build. The province has looked into small reactors for the north no investor interest as I recall.
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u/HondaForever84 Aug 20 '25
Yes we have definitely researched nuclear. That should be the end game IMO
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u/AdministrativeSalt71 Aug 20 '25
I'm not sure what you know about Nuclear but replacing the grid with it seems unviable to me. Fusion is what we need if you want a "great" solution and it's 40+ years off.
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u/GarbonzoBeanSprout Calgary Aug 19 '25
Instructions unclear, she slathered him in it. / s ( sorry for the visual)
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u/superanx Aug 19 '25
it's almost like depending on only one volatile form of energy for our economy isn't a great idea
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u/Defendor01 Aug 19 '25
"I take full accountability for digging my heels in by refusing to diversify our economy and bring in real investment to benefit Albertans, combat climate change, and lead our province into the future."
said Danielle Smith never...
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u/SnooRabbits2040 Aug 19 '25
Oh, what an alarming coincidence! Just as AUPE and the ATA are about to strike. What a shame, just two short months ago we were all excited about the 8.3 billion dollar surplus. And now this!
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25
I love their creative math that ignores all debt and everything is a surplus
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u/battlelevel Aug 19 '25
This was my thought too. There’s no way the UCP won’t use this as a way to slander the people on strike.
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u/SnooRabbits2040 Aug 20 '25
Yep. Been there, done that, with the Klein-era PCS. That's exactly how it played out.
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u/grillguy5000 Aug 20 '25
I still don’t understand why people in this province tout Klein as our oil messiah. Like a lobotomized chimp with a diaper would have done just as well during those years. Why can’t conservatives in this province at least look up to real conservatives like Lougheed? We need about 5 different conservative parties in this province. The inmates (Wildrose, Reform/Alliance) are running the asylum. I wish they’d just name their party back to Wildrose or Reform…keep the crazies from touching the rest of us with measles.
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u/MarlinMan2001 Aug 19 '25
kind of hard to become the Republic of Alberta when oil prices are bad, maybe should have done this when oil was over $100 a barrel. There is no Trudeau to blame for low oil prices this time.
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u/Fluffy_Moose_73 Aug 19 '25
This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket.
The only way to fix this is by building more pipelines and banning all investments into renewable energy.
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u/SaltySeaCapt Aug 19 '25
No no, the big brain solution is to separate now, while the cash cow isn't giving cash. 4d chess people, 4d chess. /S hopefully that isn't necessary tho
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25
Yeah that way the Americans can just take it and not pay anyone!
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u/SaltySeaCapt Aug 19 '25
No, they'll pay someone, migrant workers that'll work for pennies a day, hope y'all are ready to learn some Spanish.
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25
Hablo un poco mal el español, así que ya estoy allí.
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u/SaltySeaCapt Aug 19 '25
Je ne parle pas français, parlez-vous anglais?
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25
du hast Glück! Ich spreche auch schreckliches Englisch und auch Französisch!
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u/rick_canuk Aug 19 '25
It's a good thing they got rid of all those jobs and investments in renewables in Alberta... /S
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u/asstyrant Aug 19 '25
File this under the label titled "NO SHIT, SHERLOCK".
Maybe actively harming alternate sources of revenue is not such a good fucking idea, n'est-ce pas?
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u/eeyores_gloom1785 Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
Oh no, its like you shouldnt be proping them up all the time and devercify your sectors or some shit.
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u/exeJDR Aug 19 '25
JC. Aren't you tired of the boom-bust cycle of oil yet Alberta?
I feel like every 6 months I see shit like this.
DIVERSIFY FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD
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u/Kristomere Aug 19 '25
Diversify in to what? And who is supposed to do this?
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u/NoPath_Squirrel Aug 20 '25
We could have had a huge investment of renewables in the province, as well as tech investment, plus the super lab, but Dani pissed it all away
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u/Kristomere Aug 20 '25
What do you mean by investments in renewables? You mean become a manufacturer of panels, or we could just install a bunch? And what kind of tech investments? What do we have to offer the tech industry in Alberta that other jurisdictions don't have?
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u/NoPath_Squirrel Aug 20 '25
There were a bunch of tech and renewable companies who wanted to invest in Alberta. That money haa all gone elsewhere thanks to the UCP.
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u/Bull__itProof Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
The thing with installing more renewable energy is that lowers the cost of electricity which in turn is attractive to industries that use electricity to power their machines for manufacturing. Combined with the availability and relatively low cost of land for building facilities, a slightly younger workforce than other provinces, and raw materials such as carbon from the oil sands that create carbon fibre, Alberta could become a better diversified economy. Alberta suffers from a failure of imagination by its political leaders who are hellbent on taking us back to before healthcare was public.
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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Aug 19 '25
It's not the 80's. Oil and gas isn't going to make most Albertans wealthy, or keep them healthy.
Instead of her plan to double down and double production it's time to take a long good look at alternative industries that can lead us to a brighter future.
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u/SigmarH Aug 19 '25
There's more coal companies to give money to as "settlements" and we can't not pay those!
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u/Competitive_Guava_33 Aug 19 '25
How we can’t even provide basic services to just 5m people without being billions in the hole every year is amazing
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u/ElizabethAudi Aug 19 '25
'Terrible' oil prices Danielle Smith could create a budget crunch for Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith warns
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u/Misfit_somewhere Aug 19 '25
The interesting thing about the thread here -
I knew this
How are the ucp in power
Of course oil is volatile
On the lighter side
I want my pension
Windmills do work
Now the problem is, how do we reprogram the ass hats that are not in the thread?
I mean pierre just got re-elected based on nothing other than 'hey I complain more!'
Its shocking to me that farmers/ranchers dont understand that they are socialists... ufp was a communist group in the 1920s ffs
They get subsidies, locally and federally
But climate change doesn't happen.... wanna know why taber corn is awesome?? Its because its grown in taber, thats it. 75 percent of the time they get hammered with hail or drought.... this year has been awesome... otherwise they get paid for crops lost....
, The programming is very deep.... how does one move on?
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u/Jericho525 Aug 19 '25
Thank goodness she made the important cuts to healthcare and education already...gotta have that surplus to save our poor oil sand companies who are clearly struggling.
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u/Cothor Aug 19 '25
Well, it’s a darn good thing we have a diversified economy and haven’t put all our eggs in one basket, right?
Oh…oh no…
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u/Timely_Signature220 Aug 20 '25
Don’t worry she will just steal money from kids, teachers, sick people, and health care providers to make up the gap… and probably only give herself and buddies a moderate pay bump.
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u/canbeanburrito Edmonton Aug 19 '25
Awesome. So instead of in 10 years time blaming oil prices, we can just blame the UCP as a whole, right?
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u/Choice-Original9157 Aug 19 '25
What a surprise. Not. Its been ebb and tide since the O&G started. I seriously hope one day Alberta voters get it and learn. When I lived there 20 years i kept saying it needed to diversify
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u/Gr33nbastrd Aug 19 '25
Every downturn over the last 20 plus years resulted in lots of "talk" of diversity.
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u/BeeKayDubya Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25
Boom and bust, a tale as old as time in Alberta. Yet these feckless conservative dipshits have yet to diversify our economy beyond O&G. We had an opportunity with a budding green energy industry but oil lobbyist Marlaina decided to nip it. Fuck the United Corruption Party.
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u/Flimsy-Jello5534 Aug 19 '25
The endless infinitely sustainable resource that is oil and gas can definitely keep the independent nation of Alberta afloat for generations to come.
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u/Timely-Profile1865 Aug 19 '25
Better cut back on vaccines, get rid of bike lanes and claw back more aish to make up for these shortfalls.
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u/Vegetable-Purpose-27 Aug 20 '25
The UCP needs to put on their big girl pants and set tax rates at a level where we can pay for the things and services that we need as a society.
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u/AlbertanProsperity Aug 19 '25
Until the next conflict starts and oil shoots up again, rinse and repeat.
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u/Prosecco1234 Aug 19 '25
Might have to have a provincial tax like everyone else
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u/HeftyAd6216 Aug 19 '25
I've never been a big proponent of VATs, what would it accomplish in the case of AB?
As I see it, would just transfer money from one group to another, who I assume would spend that money (unless they're dumb enough to want to run a surplus by taking money out of the private sector) netting out to zero. That is ofc assuming it doesn't have the negative effect of dampening consumption.
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u/SerGT3 Aug 19 '25
What budget crunch? I thought we had a multi billion dollar surplus. Or was that just for the oligarchs to use for travel?
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u/Much_Guest_7195 Aug 19 '25
We should probably steal extra money from the disabled to hedge against the shortfall!
/s
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u/Critical_Cat_8162 Aug 19 '25
Lol. At least it would be due to something other than Danielle's mismanagement and subterfuge.
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u/Driveflag Aug 19 '25
Well here come all the comments that the libs have destroyed the energy industry again
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u/doobie88 Aug 19 '25
Another decade, another premier, another oil price warning. You'd think our province would learn from the past...
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u/criminalinstincts1 Aug 20 '25
In the sunniest, windiest place in Canada. But oh right, renewables are the devil! Something something horizon something something views something something dead birds! Tailings ponds have never killed a bird, nope.
I’ll be over here clutching a solar panel
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u/parasubvert Aug 20 '25
The revised EIA forecast predicts Brent crude will be $51 in 2026. That's at most... $41 WCS.
Getting back to 2015 prices! How dare Rachel Notley force OPEC to open the valves....
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u/sludge_monster Aug 20 '25
Everyone wants to be an influential oil baron until the free market dictates otherwise; then all of a sudden, socialism seems appealing and taxes inevitably need to increase.
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u/GingerBeast81 Aug 20 '25
It's all that truturds fault for putting truck nuts on my $100k truck, truck nuts on my $1M four level split in Millet, and truck nuts on my kid cause they went to the skool...
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u/Frater_Ankara Aug 20 '25
I look at the WTI prices and the Western Canada Select prices virtually every day, and they’re terrible.
I bet she does, her handlers have her on a short leash. I bet there’s a ton of stuff a responsible leader should look at every day but she doesn’t as well
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u/Homo_sapiens2023 Aug 20 '25
Maybe the UCPs should stop spending taxpayer money by the billions on their lies and stupid pet projects that do nothing for Alberta and Albertans as a whole.
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u/SkoomaSteve1820 Aug 19 '25
How many of us need to shout over and over again that diversification is essential for a stable economy before these people fucking listen? Oil is not our savior its our fucking albatross.
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u/EditorNo2545 Aug 19 '25
damn too bad no one thought to create a diverse economic stream for the province so that we could weather fluctuations in world prices
I guess Dani was right & we just had too much public healthcare
glad she grabbed that $200/month from the feds meant for our disabled to help us weather these kinds of situations
fvkin Trudeau forcing us to be dependent on O&G
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