RowdyCanuck

But I thought Canada didn't need Alberta ?.....it's good see everyone working together though.

Ah. Well maybe cause of what's going on they will let it go cause it would actually fill in the loses faster.

Dumb question......could we say sign petey this summer for a big long term contract and just buy it out and sign him to a lower amount?.......

Yea I think that's the one. But there's been a few conspiracies going around.... I for one , believe the cure will come out once we have put the population back in balance......

China has always been tight lip though..... also wouldn't you if there was a book written 40 years ago predicting all this?....if you believe the theory that's the government is behind it.

And not like they will have the man power they did.....but how can you put all the blame of a virus on one country? if you go off the fact people say it started from bats but people in China been eating them for ages..... so how do you put the blame on one country or another?

But the flight attendant said put your mask on first before helping others.......

haven't even crossed the boarder yet and your crying wolf lol......

Jokes on you alberta has a problem with everyone ha does that make you feel any better? I was trying to make you guys feel special....... ( FYI I got nothing against anyone from or that live in b.c , heck I'm from b.c ha

Yea they work better for slapping b.cers.......

I get what you mean Alberta would be perfect for other industries and has everything for it but like I said if Alberta doesn't want to take that route then why waste the chance? Alberta is planning on oil and burning bridges so why not have another province step up or step in? Kenny is doing what's he thinks is best , which with oil we are already down that rabbit hole so why not.....also if oil crashes again or if it drags out then other industries can poach top worker or skilled labor. like I said change scares some people and sometimes the devil you know is better then the devil you don't. cause Alberta isn't going to change anytime soon, our lil red wagon is tied to oil and so is all of Canada at the moment. So maybe a more open minded province should step in and show the way. I do get what you mean and I agree but you need the leaders of a province to be open to those ideas and we both know what Kenny wants.

Yes I agree. But you need an appetite for it..... A lot Humans don't like change..., also technology scares some people.... then maybe those other provinces should take a gamble and screw Alberta and attract people just like Alberta did...... people will move for work or lose everything....people out east moved to Alberta for work so why not move again for work?... Why not become a power province ? And show Alberta how it's done?....

True but oil and gas is tied to everything in Alberta and other provinces, we are an oil country for good or bad so we have to make what we can, while we can. Also those jobs , a lot of them are trades and could be used in other fields. So those oil jobs that don't last atleast leave people with trades and skills that could be used for other jobs. It took texas awhile to bring in those tech companies to Houston. Alberta is just behind Texas but if they follow what Texas did then they could survive. Also I get Alberta has the space and people but if the province doesn't want to take that road then another province should step up and grab that brass ring, It would help all of Canada.... people will move for work or starve. Easy choice in my books.

Trickle-down economics assumes investors, savers, and company owners are the real drivers of growth. It promises they’ll use any extra cash from tax cuts to expand businesses. Investors will buy more companies or stocks. Banks will increase lending. Owners will invest in their operations and hire workers. All of this expansion will trickle down to workers. They will spend their wages to drive demand and economic growth. im just looking at the end of the road......if rigs didn't make a boat load then they couldn't afford to pay riggers what they make....... Okay where do you put it? Red deer? Edmonton ? Fort Mac? if another province did it then the people would move for the jobs.....a lot of people living in Alberta already proved that their willing to travel for work.....it would also force albertans hands ... it would actually give people a choice of two strong industries instead of everyone running to oil cause the money.....

What Alberta is hoping it can make up his loses once oil goes back up cause right now it's the only industry that can pull us out the fastest and hopefully reinvest over time to build up other industries in the process and when a wack load of people already work in the oil and gas industry and right now there's no other industry that creates that many jobs. I do hope this time around Alberta and Canada learned their lesson. The people just want jobs. They don't care if their oil or tech aslong as they pay good. But Alberta doesn't have to be the front runner, sure it would be smart but look at how many people have moved to Alberta for work..... so why doesn't b.c or other provinces grab the bull by the horns?

I agree we should be investing in other industries but right now we need the oil money to help build up other industries, like farming and ranching cause the lucky ones have wells and invest the money they get back into the farm or ranch or some start side companies.(hay hauling or horse training etc) like you said the oil industry propped Canada up and if we want to strengthen other industries then we need our biggest earner stronger to explore those options and to offer more grants and etc. I get the reasoning cause Alberta already built that industry up so why bail when your already down the rabbit hole? Short term gain. ( I mean if you call 30 years short term, I do) i just think of the terminator...... tech is great but at times I think it has come to far in some areas. And thx to us raising the price of everything , it has made it even harder for some industries to truly boom......even with grants and tax breaks. Im all for reshaping or reconstructing economics/ work system......personally I could live if they dropped minimum wage cause that means the price of everything drops but give companies tax breaks if they pay a % above minimum wage. Also everyone's money will go further in theory.

True but those tax breaks are one of the biggest reasons companies stay in North America , instead of going to say China or another country where labour laws arnt near ours. Also in some areas the trickle does happen but it doesn't happen enough.

Trickle down economics does work in some cases , look at tourism , those people make their money some how and spend it in different areas. Look at for example Banff all the way to canal flats. A lot of Calgary oil money went into resorts and golf courses and so on. Same goes for say Ponoka oil companies have donated heavily for new arenas and so on and that's not just Alberta but also s.k and Manitoba.

Problem I see is with more people coming to Canada why should Canadians taxes help people outside of Canada? Im all for more regulations but we actually need someone to force/make companies follow them...... for a lot of companies it would give everyone a even playing field big and small and force big companies to spend more on say benefits to attract people. Okay dumb question ......what's Voodoo economics? I've never heard that term before. Didn't Alberta give out grants to tech companies? Didnt one already leave Calgary? Im all for advancement but what do we do with the people that lose their jobs?..... like you said we already see it coming but how do we draw that line in the sand? Heck Cars can park themselves, that's just making people lazy and I would argue more dangerous......

Progress is good but we can't make people expendable......for sure since we keep bringing more people to Canada...... I agree with investing in other industries but if you only need say five people to run a company cause the rest of the work is done by machines is that good or bad? A factory that employed say 40 people now cuts jobs to five.....that's why I say it's a double edged sword.

I agree but by turning manufacturing into tech like self check out at grocery stores , actually take jobs away.....it's a double edged sword.

I meant green as a blanket statement and you have had some good ideas like the power grid but that's a way down the road.... also a lot of the suggesting you make are green arnt they? I wasn't chirping you.

Finally going to go visit KOS ? .........

Yea it said on the new like 5000 companies are changing to help Canada. Agriculture is actually pretty good in Canada but it's hard to get people to follow that industry cause it's not cheap to get into and only other option people have is to buy land in remote areas like say around williams lake, there's a show called the wild ones but those people that live out there are three hours away from town and a lot of people wouldnt like it. Also farming and ranching are honest work, you only get what you put in.....there's no real short cuts to building pens and so on ha wasn't there a Ford manufacturer in Ontario?......before trump brought a lot of them back to the USA , just for the breaks. I agree we have some great tech companies but tech companies don't really help us.....we need people to be able to be use for real world things, can't eat tech or build a house with it........also look at how tech has helped out the everyday person, it has made a lot of people lazier and also took away jobs......also have you seen the new generation? A lot of them you take their phone away and it's like turning off their brains......ha