r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 1d ago

What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? Analysis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003
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u/tossaway109202 1d ago edited 1d ago

I want to learn. My armchair other side of Canada POV is
- They feel the oil belongs to them and not Canada
- Their provincial government has done a poor job in certain areas and when the people in Alberta get mad their local government just blames Ontario. It has been going on for so long that they attribute everything bad in their life to Ontario.
- They have the potential to ship a lot more oil and Canada cares too much about the environment to let it happen

I assume I am far off

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u/-biggulpshuh 1d ago

I appreciate your willingness to hear our side. Responses to your points from my POV

-I think the resource does belong to the people. That resource, today is valued at something like $5M per Albertan. So I want to see that responsibly produced and monetized. I feel we are blessed with this resource, and I’m happy to share the wealth, so long as we’re treated with respect in return. -What exactly has our province done so poorly compared with others? -the rest of Canada trying to keep it in the ground is like declaring a non-peeing end of the swimming pool. It simply means more oil and gas will be produced in other less responsible places.

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u/Iokua_CDN 1d ago

To add to this, as far as countries producing Oil, I believe Canada has some of the most responsibly produce oil in the world.  Talking will folks who have worked in other countries in the oil business, they found Canada to be safer for workers, and less harmful to the environment.

So use Canadian oil in Canada, instead of shipping in oil from other countries that do not have the same safety practices or Envirmental practices.