One More Try

Once again we find ourselves facing another election. I live in the province with the largest CO2 emissions in Canada with no end in sight as long as our provincial economy continues to rely upon the extraction of oil.

Our government has done next to nothing to diversify our economy despite years of surplus budgets. Now that we have a candidate promising free handouts in the form of dividends during any budget surplus years, her election is sure to seal our dependance even deeper. At some point we need to govern for the future of the province as opposed to the future of the party. Our government needs to treat oil like it actually is a nonrenewable resource.

The clock is ticking and while oil will outlast many of us, there is coming a time when either the well will run dry or the addiction will be broken. Either way, oil is not a viable future to bank our children’s lives on.

“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)