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As a BCer, can I just mention that BC is doing just fine supporting the Canadian economy with a balanced approach to conservation and natural resource extractio
by munk-a 7y ago
As a BCer, can I just mention that BC is doing just fine supporting the Canadian economy with a balanced approach to conservation and natural resource extraction?
Alberta is certainly contributing to the Canadian economy, but the heavy reliance on fossil fuels to do so isn't a long term approach to take and the province seems highly reluctant to pivot to better industries.
- soperj 7y agoBC has the biggest coal export terminal in NA. It's biggest export is coal. BC's clean image is bullshit.
- ficklepickle 7y agoTrue. BC only exists due to rampant resource exploitation. We are certainly more diversified than Alberta, but should definitely do better. Alberta built their whole economy on garbage quality oil and didn't prepare for the inevitable. Adapt or die. It sure makes the "prosperity" cheques look premature. Fun fact, Albertan politicians wanted to nuke the tarsands[0] in the 1950's and the plan got way further down the road than it ought to have. They thought it would liquefy the oil and they could just pump it out. If there will be a silver lining to this pandemic, it will be people realizing how precarious their ongoing existence is. Maybe people will be more willing to drop the entitlement, accept reality and do what needs doing. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Oilsand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Oilsand