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Glenco said:
How about sticking the windfall into the heritage trust fund instead of finding more ways to flush it down the toilet?
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The "windfall" will first have to go to reduce the deficit from over 10 billion to perhaps less than 5 billion, depending on how long it lasts.
 
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David A said:
The "windfall" will first have to go to reduce the deficit from over 10 billion to perhaps less than 5 billion, depending on how long it lasts.
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listening to anaylists, High prices could last a year or more. depending on what the US and Iran do. but a min of 1 year. There is infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt throughout the region.
 
Airboy said:
listening to anaylists, High prices could last a year or more. depending on what the US and Iran do. but a min of 1 year. There is infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt throughout the region.
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Perhaps some of the same analysts that were predicting prolonged low oil prices in the mid 50's just a few months ago. It is hard to say how long this will last.
 
David A said:
Perhaps some of the same analysts that were predicting prolonged low oil prices in the mid 50's just a few months ago. It is hard to say how long this will last.
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True but there is some damage to the oil infrastructure in the area. Plus getting ships out of there will still require a few weeks and to port. So at a minimum a month. But prices could be a lot higher now so markets are adapting right now. It all depends on what both side do tonight I guess.
 
Many receiving ports have not seen the impact of oil disruption yet. Tankers that were at sea at the time of the closure are only now arriving at their destinations. It's after that that scarcity will take effect and prices will skyrocket.
 
I often wonder where I stand with that crowd. I'm white and have been here for 40+ years, but I certainly wasn't born here. Am I supposed to skedaddle or can I stay if I promise to get me a cowboy hat?
 
I don't fit in with that group either, I was born here and worked and traveled throughout the WHOLE province. Probably more than most of them. But I am feeling more and more like I may need to leave. And I've been here over 65 years.
 
Sadly, I agree. My family immigrated to Canada in 1982 and we started out in Red Deer before moving to Edmonton, which became my home base between multiple moves, near and far. My partner is a born-and-bred Albertan. But both of us feel we can no longer recognize this place and the kind of rhetoric it's embracing. This goes far beyond conservative versus liberal. The UCP is in no way a conservative party, where one can safely disagree with some policies or whatnot. They've become a full scale Tea Party-style clown show and it's becoming harder and harder to turn a deaf ear. We have a few more years left of work and have been seriously considering leaving. I just resent feeling like I'm being pushed out. If I leave, I want to leave on my terms and not because my home province has been coopted by idiots.
 
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