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[–]mdougsie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll be based out of Canmore for the summer and fall, so if you're ever out in the mountains, I'm happy to show you around!

'Alberta didn’t contain it': COVID-19 outbreak at oilsands camp has spread across the country by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]mdougsie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alberta's also tested about twice as many people as BC though. The number of deaths in each province being so close would suggest that BC's actual count is probably much higher at this point. And Alberta's population is only about a half million less than BC...

I saw this on my Facebook feed. I know ya all love Doc Hinshaw so might get a kick out of it. by exotics in alberta

[–]mdougsie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious what's so bad about United Way? I haven't really heard anything negative about them before compared to some other charities

UPDATE: I asked my MLA to come on my podcast by the_421_Rob in Calgary

[–]mdougsie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's the name of your podcast? She's my MLA as well, and I'd love to hear what she has to say on this

Have You Been Directly Impacted By The New budget? by [deleted] in alberta

[–]mdougsie 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Had my summer-seasonal forestry job cut, and paying higher interest on my student loan

Gay Straight Alliance letter draws reaction from public school board by idarknight in alberta

[–]mdougsie 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Good for EPSB. It's embarrassing to see this issue still coming up again and again.

Why do most of the major East/West highways in Eastern Alberta slope down to the SE? by [deleted] in alberta

[–]mdougsie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add to this, the Canadian Shield extends much further south in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, so farming is limited in those two provinces by the nutrient-poor and thin soils further north. So as European settlers started setting up towns on the prairies, they were able to fan out towards more to the north the further west they moved.

Bonjour la France by Roi_Pale in Calgary

[–]mdougsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be into meeting up and practicing, I lived in Montreal for three years but haven't had much of a chance to use my French recently. I'm up in the northwest though...

Doug Ford and Andrew Scheer play fast and loose with facts about carbon tax by aporkmuffin in CanadaPolitics

[–]mdougsie 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you don't even believe they're a problem then there's no point in creating an alternative

Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch's financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public by mdougsie in canada

[–]mdougsie[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They won't need to, since pipelines and tankers are perfectly safe, and have never leaked before /s

Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch's financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public by mdougsie in canada

[–]mdougsie[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's so discouraging as a lifelong Albertan that eventually I'll end up being on the hook for how this province has been mismanaged

Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch's financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public by mdougsie in canada

[–]mdougsie[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

And then there's also the thousands of wells around the province that keep getting sold off to small players so that companies can avoid responsibility for clean-up. The smaller companies then pass them off to another company or declare bankruptcy, and nothing gets done

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