I wasn't expecting this....
Could this be going where I think it's going?
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National Post Oct 1
He urged the audience to consider what he has experienced in Edmonton, when an oil boom goes bust as in 2014, and how it must feel for an oil patch worker to hear the federal government say, “Oh but there might be solar panels manufactured in Medicine Hat, you’ll be fine.”
Lukaszuk said the separatist sentiment falls with Alberta’s economic successes and rises with its failures. He thinks it is driven predominantly by younger men in the oil and gas industry, overleveraged by debt, with limited transferable skills, who are noticing the economy is pivoting on them.
“Now they fear for their future, and the fear is real,” Lukaszuk said. He described this dynamic as “infectious” and catching on in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
“If we don’t inoculate this now in Alberta, we will be dealing with it on a wider scope, maybe with different industries,” he said.
“Please don’t pat us on the head with the promise of a pipeline, thinking that’s enough.”
https://unpublished.ca/news-feed-item/2026-10-01/alberta-anti-separatist-brings-hard-message-to-central-canada-show-a
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I really like former MP Diane Ablonczy. She, IMO, is a keen observer. Since she stepped down from politics to take care of her husband, she has, sadly, lost her hearing. But she reads widely and shares her insights.