It's A Great Day For the West

[pegger]

.... Eastern Ontario.

Southern Ontario. Get a map. :lol:

 

[Ron in Regina]

It's about high time people bought maps and started calling it Western Ontario to gain a warmer not so bleak image of the region that feeds the industry in Eastern Ontario.

Southern Ontario. Get a map. :lol:

 

[darkbeaver]

It was easier to understand when it was flat.

 

[L Gilbert]

It looks flat to me. *Feels monitor screen* . Feels flat, too.

 

[mt_pockets1000]

We already control Maple Leaf Foods and McCain Foods.

I like a good potato with my fish.

 

[mt_pockets1000]

I think about the only work being done right now is site prep (bulldozing etc).

Fluor is doing the engineering work out of their office in BC.

They're a strong engineering firm. They'll do a good job on the plant.

 

[Cannuck]

Cannuk, I see you've been reading the AIMS website: http://www.aims.ca/default.asp

Nope. I thought it up all my myself.

 

[Cannuck]

<------west east----->

 

[petros]

You have it upside down.

 

[DichotoMe]

You were saying about NS...? I thought of this thread and got a kick out of this:

Alberta least attractive province for energy investment:
It's behind Man. and Sask., and even trails N.S. and N.L.
June 24, 2009 • CBC News

A new Fraser Institute report says Alberta is now the least attractive province in Canada when it comes to oil and gas investment.

The right-wing think tank, based in Calgary, released the report on Wednesday morning.

Research for the report included surveying petroleum executives and managers from around the world.

According to the institute's rankings, Alberta has dropped below Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and even trails Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

The institute blames Alberta's poor showing on the industry's dissatisfaction with changes to the province's royalty regime, a lack of consultation and what it calls "a growing anti-energy bias."

The Alberta government is set to announce new drilling incentives for natural gas producers on Thursday morning.

Premier Ed Stelmach believes they're needed partly because of a threat to the province's biggest market, the United States. Stelmach said producers in Texas and Louisiana are poised to ramp up shale gas extraction, something that he worries could bump Alberta gas out of the picture.

 

[Cannuck]

Been there done that.

They'll move to Saskatistan. Years ago when Romano was elected, rigs that were operating just outside Burstall Saskatchewan picked up and moved across the border into Alberta. It doesn't take much convincing to get oil companies to move. Just ask Stelmach.

small dead animals: Another Tip 'O Hat To The Closet Liberal Gov't In Alberta

It is interesting that you would post something from a right-wing think-tank to make a point. What's also interesting is that the story shows that when bad decisions are made, Albertans correct them rather than whine and hold their hands out for a hand out.

 

[mt_pockets1000]

Natural gas accounts for 10% of Alberta's revenue, followed closely by revenue from income tax. Stelmech is very concerned that the price of natural gas is not rising in lockstep with the price of oil. There is speculation he is about to announce a major push to get more rigs out there drilling for gas. More drilling means more revenue from the product and more people working to pay taxes.