Albertans’ Economic Hardship Reflects Provincial Policy Choices, not “Attacks” by the Rest of Canada - Centre for Future Work
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In this commentary, originally published in the Toronto Star, Centre for Future Work Director Jim Stanford rebuts claims that the living standards of Albertans have been harmed by “attacks” on the province’s oil industry (as claimed by Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Pierre Poilievre). In fact, the province’s oil output (and the profits of the oil industry) have never been higher.
  • 60d@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Yup, the oligarchs rest carefully in the shadows, fleecing us to the bone.

    There’s more oil revenue than ever, and none of it is getting past their gatekeepers.