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While I don't disagree with the Canadian government's messaging being disingenous, 7% of the entire Canadian GDP came from just resource extraction in Alberta (
by jlos 6y ago
While I don't disagree with the Canadian government's messaging being disingenous, 7% of the entire Canadian GDP came from just resource extraction in Alberta (not to mention the ancillary industries surrounding oil and gas). Recently, that made it the largest industry in the country, even ahead of banking and financial services. [0]
Compare that to Denmark which employs about 2000 people in resource extraction [1]
[0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oil-and-gas-gdp-growth-may-data-statscan-1.4768508 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oil-and-gas-gdp-growt...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Denmark#:~:text=Denmark%20imports%20around%2012%25%20of,energy%2C%20not%20just%20electricity).&text=Coal%20and%20all%20other%20fossil,20%25%20of%20the%20electricity%20production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Denmark#:~:text=Denm...