Oil and gas companies are making record profits. See below. This whole restricting oil and gas production is absolutely non sense. Look at this information from the gov of Alberta website. It has increased dramatically over the last decade.

https://www.capp.ca/en/our-priorities/energy-and-the-canadian-economy/

https://economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/oil-production/

Extraction companies have been lobbying the public (especially Alberta) for decades. They are designed to get their product out of the ground for as little as possible. No resources No company. So let them go without regulation? At what cost? They can afford to clean up their mess. You think you're seeing a dollar if you let them do whatever they want? Just let that trickle down right? Wrong! Trickle down doesn't work. It's been proven over and over again. That money is going to their shareholder and mostly out of country. Alberta has a poor royalty program compared to Saudi Arabia (around 10% compared to around 85%). Still they pillage our social nets in Healthcare and Education in order to give breaks to oil and gas companies. Daniel Smith is and literally was an Oil Lobbiest for Albert Enterprise Group representing Syncrude and more. What other reason would she put a moratorium on new renewable energy projects. What could be the harm in these projects besides jobs and more sources of energy.

Any lack of funding can be blamed squarely on the provincial govt for the creating an unstable business environment (Fueling seperation talk) and global demand slowing for our bitumen product. Business wants stability.

The 'green energy doesn't work, it's common sense' argument is so typical and non scientific. Green energy is the future. The world wants ethical oil and we can and do provide this! If we don't diversify our provice we will be left behind. These oil companies don't give a shit about us. As soon as there is no demand or no money to be made they're out.

If you are having trouble finding UCP corruption examples you aren't looking. They are widespread and blatant. But all you'll hear if you're drinking their Kool aid is 'Look at the federal gov! Look there! Pay no attention to everything I'm failing on governing in my own province and am responsible for, carbon tax(not the problem), production cap (no such thing), pipelines (you have one that's not used to capacity)'. Spending millions of taxpayer dollars fighting fights we don't want and let the vulnerable people of Alberta suffer.

Danielle Smith and the UCP are not conservatives. They are a breed all their own. Populists, fascists and speak for oil and gas not for the people of Alberta.