but you're basically talking shit because of what you believe that I don't
This is why I don't want to dialogue. It's impossible. What I shared wasn't a set of beliefs but experiences based on real life conversations with others or my experiences. But you have no interest in approaching or addressing any of my experiential questions with an open mind.
You speak about empathy and yet refer to my move as when "the mood strikes them." You don't know me, my story, where I was born, or the hardship this move put me through, starting with a desperation for a solution. I still have condo in Edmonton. However, I could no longer manage the financial chaos or the mental stress of the boom-bust cycle - which has gone on for decades in Alberta, and which should have been dealt with at the provincial and federal level - yet no party had the appetite.
I really feel for mass of unemployed people in Alberta and think they have been abandoned. To me this is appalling and the feds should have responded to this crisis a long time ago. These people need work - now. The oil industry needs a survival package immediately until Canada has sorted out it's energy policies and moves to diversity.
However, I watched my grandparents struggle through the north of England's depression and its failure to diversify. No one-trick economy can survive. Alberta actually does have other viable industries - but none have been nurtured for growth. The politics and culture have been tied to oil for way too long. Climate change and the need to move towards more environment were identified decades ago. Guy Callendar identified toxic gases in the environment in the 1930s. A hole in the ozone appeared in the 70s. Why so long to adapt?!!
I have not stated in my original note that the industry dried up, so I have no idea why you speak of that.
I see a passionate, angry response that fails to address my points and reveals it is totally closed to anyone else's retelling of their experience.
The world is changing rapidly and it's not just Alberta that needs to come to grips with change and diversify, it's the whole country.
No, I am not pissed off. I am sad that no real, progressive, creative dialogue is taking place to deal with the issues, especially around Quebec's and B.C.'s rejection of pipelines, which I find unfair. I am happy that I have managed to be employed for 19 months. As someone with roots in Alberta, I believe that the anger is understandable, but it needs to transform into something productive. Separation could possibly work if B.C. were part of the new country; without that, no, it won't work. In the meantime, the small separatist movement will demand a referendum, but it's unlikely Kenney will give it.
Good luck. With your abusive and angry disposition, you will need it.