This is scary !!!!!!

I find it strange that people say we rely on oil. Yes of course it is a very valuable natural resource and we exploit as best we can while there is a strong demand for it. Should we leave it in the ground and wait 100 yrs when some new technology renders it less valuable? Oil makes up less than 10% of our revenue so we aren't exactly a 1 industry country like the middle East is. Harper does not control the global oil market. He does his best to position us to make as much money off it as possible. He has no control on US Fracking and natural gas expansion. He has no control on OPEC production. He has no control on Russian production yet people think he does? Of course Harper has subsidized oil production. Why wouldn't we help a key sector of our exports. Do you really think that the left like in Alberta and likely the NDP when they take over will not use taxpayer dollars to subsidize their pet industries? They will merely switch the subsidies over to wind and solar. Look what a success and stimulus to industry that has proven to be with Wynne and the GEA. The Carbon taxes they are going to be introducing have proven to be total failures that have only made crooked people very rich and has not helped the environment at all. Hey, wait a minute..........

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

I can totally see this country voting in an NDP government.

Lots of the country hate the Conservatives, because they've been told to hate Conservatives. Lots see through the Liberal's BS. I think there are lots that want change. They see the economy sinking, and blame the conservatives on a reliance on oil, they see job losses in the West and they want change, hence the Alberta NDP government.

It started in the last federal election where barmaids and students were elected over...more qualified candidates...not because of who they were or what they knew or could do, but more because of who they weren't...That's my take on it.

Hold on this is going to be a bumpy ride.

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Agree 100%.

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Originally Posted by terrym

I find it strange that people say we rely on oil. Yes of course it is a very valuable natural resource and we exploit as best we can while there is a strong demand for it. Should we leave it in the ground and wait 100 yrs when some new technology renders it less valuable? Oil makes up less than 10% of our revenue so we aren't exactly a 1 industry country like the middle East is. Harper does not control the global oil market. He does his best to position us to make as much money off it as possible. He has no control on US Fracking and natural gas expansion. He has no control on OPEC production. He has no control on Russian production yet people think he does? Of course Harper has subsidized oil production. Why wouldn't we help a key sector of our exports. Do you really think that the left like in Alberta and likely the NDP when they take over will not use taxpayer dollars to subsidize their pet industries? They will merely switch the subsidies over to wind and solar. Look what a success and stimulus to industry that has proven to be with Wynne and the GEA. The Carbon taxes they are going to be introducing have proven to be total failures that have only made crooked people very rich and has not helped the environment at all. Hey, wait a minute..........

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We are going to see a big change in the gas/oil industry. Especially in the car manufacturing and not being fueled by gas but battery. Tesla is huge and growing more and more each day and cannot keep up with the demand. Even GM sees Tesla as a threat and wants to get in on the action.

I unfortunately am neither a barmaid nor a student...sigh.

Not sure electric cars even have less of a footprint than an internal combustion one? Batteries aren't made out of corn. With Wynne selling off control of Hydro are you comfortable depending on the price of electricity dictating if you can afford to drive?

A lot of folks are already finding diesel or ng generators are cheaper than buying electricity from the grid. The cost of batteries might never go down far enough to offset increasing electricity

All we need to do is elect a left wing,anti-business,pro-labor government and the rest of our manufacturing base will disappear overnight,especially,in the auto sector. The Americans are offering huge tax incentives to companies that bring manufacturing back to the continental US and hammering the living crap out of companies that don't through brutal taxation. Economy-killing "green energy" is the mantra of the lefties. Although Canada's carbon footprint is 0.5% of the entire world output,Liberals under Trudeau and NeeDeePers under Mulcair have no problem saddling us with 30% of the carbon tax base,shovelling money to third world economies instead of shoring up our own. Liberals,in Onatrio,have no problem,whatsoever,channeling government work out of the country,from computer licensing systems to the US,shipbuilding to Chile while deliberately excluding our own Canadian companies,all the while yelling,screaming and pointing the finger at Conservatives with accusations of "racism" under the guise of political correctness. Mr.Trudeau wants to raise taxes by removing tax credits,all income and pension splitting,TFSA's and everything else he can think of to support socialist programs we not only don't need,but,more importantly,can't possibly afford. Mr.Mulcair wants a socialist utopia that would make Mr.Putin proud. The only problem is that it's only a socialist wet dream from which none of the little commie bas**rds have never awoken from.

In case I haven't mentioned it, Trimmer 21, I like your style