kingofsurrey Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 39 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: @Jimmy McGill were you in Alberta today? Albertans need some cheese to go with all their whine..... Albertans.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Ryan Strome said: @Jimmy McGill were you in Alberta today? that dude is a dream client for someone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Ryan Strome said: @Jimmy McGill were you in Alberta today? Defend Canadian values by leaving Canada. The mind boggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Did you know that at one time Texas wanted to separate from the USA? But they would have had to take on their share in the 22 Trillion dollars in national debt plus added separation costs. Looking at the Wexit site, they don't want a "fair deal" but rather separate and align with the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, inane said: Defend Canadian values by leaving Canada. The mind boggles. Alberta in 2020 seems to share more with Quebec values actually.......... Like a spoiled child..... or the kid that threatened to take his hockey ball/puck home on saturday morning if he wasn't allowed to make the rules / set the teams...... I know it snows alot in Alberta... but there seems to more Snowflakes now in Alberta than anywhere else in Canada.... Edited February 3, 2020 by kingofsurrey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted February 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Ryan Strome said: @Jimmy McGill were you in Alberta today? Scene from outside the Saddledome.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-losing-young-adults-census-data-analysis-1.5444969 Why Calgary is losing its young adults In one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, those aged 20-24 are the only shrinking age group Nearly a quarter-million more people called the city home in 2019 than in 2009, with growth across every age range — except one: during that period, the number of 20- to 24-year-olds shrunk by 4,400, according to municipal census data, a decline of 5.5 per cent... "They don't want to work in oil and gas — either because of the environmental implications of it or they just don't really see a future in that field — and feel like if they live in Calgary, that's kind of a written-in-stone future for them. So they felt the need to move away." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 minute ago, bishopshodan said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-losing-young-adults-census-data-analysis-1.5444969 Why Calgary is losing its young adults In one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, those aged 20-24 are the only shrinking age group Nearly a quarter-million more people called the city home in 2019 than in 2009, with growth across every age range — except one: during that period, the number of 20- to 24-year-olds shrunk by 4,400, according to municipal census data, a decline of 5.5 per cent... "They don't want to work in oil and gas — either because of the environmental implications of it or they just don't really see a future in that field — and feel like if they live in Calgary, that's kind of a written-in-stone future for them. So they felt the need to move away." that, and while being a pleasant city is quite dull. Its a city of 100,000 people X 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: that, and while being a pleasant city is quite dull. Its a city of 100,000 people X 13. I was in Calgary a lot in the 90's, I found it fun but that was a while ago now. This article makes sense to me . If I was a young person, I would be wary of going into the Oil industry with all it's challenges. Regardless of the allure of big bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I was in Calgary a lot in the 90's, I found it fun but that was a while ago now. This article makes sense to me . If I was a young person, I would be wary of going into the Oil industry with all it's challenges. Regardless of the allure of big bucks. sure if you like country music. Or if you want a really diverse evening, Country & Western. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ryan Strome Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: sure if you like country music. Or if you want a really diverse evening, Country & Western. Did Kos infiltrate your account? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, bishopshodan said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-losing-young-adults-census-data-analysis-1.5444969 Why Calgary is losing its young adults In one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, those aged 20-24 are the only shrinking age group Nearly a quarter-million more people called the city home in 2019 than in 2009, with growth across every age range — except one: during that period, the number of 20- to 24-year-olds shrunk by 4,400, according to municipal census data, a decline of 5.5 per cent... "They don't want to work in oil and gas — either because of the environmental implications of it or they just don't really see a future in that field — and feel like if they live in Calgary, that's kind of a written-in-stone future for them. So they felt the need to move away." So they talk to two students who provide them with anecdotal evidence and then make a claim. Hmm if that’s the case what about the 12% growth from 25-34 year olds? Why the 21% growth from 35-44 year olds. it also failed to mention that the for the past three years this age demographic has been growing which completely debunks these two anecdotal claims. All in all just poor research and poor reasoning in an attempt to sell anti oil rhetoric. When you happened to look at the growth in Vancouver for the same years. You see population grew by 10.5% but wait. Between 40-55 you see a 4% drop. Better go talk to a few random people to and use there anecdotal evidence to create a conclusion and write a report for CBC. Come on people we’re smarter than this. This is junior high type news reporting. Edited February 3, 2020 by ForsbergTheGreat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: Come on people we’re smarter than this. This is junior high type news reporting I'm trying. Thanks for your break down, you make some good points. I think what resonates with me is the attraction, or the lack there of, that the Oil industry might have for young people. Edited February 3, 2020 by bishopshodan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: Did Kos infiltrate your account? 'Struth....the "country music" stereotype is a tad overdone, IMO.... ...Albertans like Motley Crue and Poison too..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 6:57 PM, Ryan Strome said: do you now see why people get frustrated with the uneducated? We all do but we still will debate with you no matter how frustrated we get. Any other "deplorable" comments? Once in a while , everyone is entitled to feeling morally superior but you abuse the privilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 34 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I'm trying. Thanks for your break down, you make some good points. I think what resonates with me is the attraction, or the lack there of, that the Oil industry might have for young people. I was talking with a few Engineering grads a few months ago.... They all told me that they did not want to work in the CDN Weapons industry or in CDN Oil in gas industry....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 34 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: 'Struth....the "country music" stereotype is a tad overdone, IMO.... ...Albertans like Motley Crue and Poison too..... Albertans like any music they can rock out do in their sweat pants....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I'm trying. Thanks for your break down, you make some good points. I think what resonates with me is the attraction, or the lack there of, that the Oil industry might have for young people. Sure but how there could be a large number of factors that have zero to due with oil industry that are far more realistic. Such as considering a dip in the age gap for those years. and looking into Alberta’s birth rate, between 1994-2002 it experienced the lowest stretch over the last 25 years dipping below 40k annual births per year. No years outside of that range went below 40k. 1997 was the lowest year with only 37,037 births that year. Today it’s up to 55k. So again between 1994-2002 were the lowest birth years. Guess which age range those kids would fit into on a 2019 chart......17-25. Seems pretty sound logic as to why we see a drop between the 20-24.... or we could just blame oil. Edited February 3, 2020 by ForsbergTheGreat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: Sure but how there could be a large number of factors that have zero to due with oil industry that are far more realistic. Such as considering a dip in the age gap for those years. and looking into Alberta’s birth rate, between 1994-2002 it experienced the lowest stretch over the last 25 years dipping below 40k annual births per year. No years outside of that range went below 40k. 1997 was the lowest year with only 37,037 births that year. Today it’s up to 55k. So again between 1994-2002 were the lowest birth years. Guess which age range those kids would fit into on a 2019 chart......17-25. Seems pretty sound logic as to why we see a drop between the 20-24.... or we could just blame oil. Again,some good points. The article jumped out to me because, again, due to the uncertainty of the industry... I can understand the feeling of some young adults. As the years go by, the 'sunset' of the oil industry must be getting closer. Why would young intelligent people chase those careers? The whole world seems to be turning away from it, with all this climate talk and regulations etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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