True. BC only exists due to rampant resource exploitation. We are certainly more diversified than Alberta, but should definitely do better. Alberta built their

True. 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