It’s possible for gov to be bad at one thing - regulating bad actors in a system that both encourages monopoly, and allows the regulated corps to influence the

It’s possible for gov to be bad at one thing - regulating bad actors in a system that both encourages monopoly, and allows the regulated corps to influence the regulators - and yet be good at another fairly different thing. In this case providing a service to a large number of people at a low per-person cost - see the post office or water + sewer as positive examples. State-run isn’t synonymous with “badly run”, except it is when the state is actively trying to sabotage it so they can privatize it to enrich their pals. I don’t know that was the case in alberta, but it wouldn’t exactly shock me if it was… certainly that is the case with the post office in the states in the past 30 years, icbc under the bc liberals, and plenty of other examples