They kinda need attention.īut really, that is not why we are here today, I have much grander designs which involves some annual traditions. But what influence do these rotating seats really have when the heavyweights all have a veto and would run roughshod over us at the first opportunity? Not much, but at least now that the answer is officially “no”, can we please get back to the business of running a rich but not so internationally relevant country because, you know, jobs and tsunami of bankruptcies. Look, would it be good to have a voice that no one is going to listen to? Sure. Not the same people who cared in 2010 the last time we were rejected, because that was a different party. Even though we spent millions of dollars trying to get there. We didn’t get our rotating seat on the UN Security Council. So when the government of the day deems the establishment of a provincial police force or pension plan to be more important than, say, jobs or the tsunami of bankruptcies coming our way, I simply shrug it off and admit that hey, I’m not the one in power – what do I know? There were no surprises in there anyway, it was all telegraphed and pre-ordained.Īs I get older (and I do get older every day), I become more cynical and jaded about politics and, fortunately, thus more capable of drowning it all out. Oh and by the way, here is a list of all the reasons you suck.īut it was a promised undertaking by the UCP government and they did it. Not sure this is even an appropriate time to be bringing them up – hey, can you spare a dime for our primary industry? Thanks. Not sure I agree with all of them… Hmm, let’s face it, not sure I actually agree with any of them. It seems Alberta has a lot of beefs with the Federal government and its place in Confederation. Hey – we got a Fair Deal report this week. Speaking of dating, it was in September of 1992 when I moved away from Montreal. See what I’m doing here? I’m dating myself.
Which makes me think that maybe I should rebrand? I kind of did, when I got my post-lock-down haircut after all I left it longer on top to show off my natural curls, a hairstyle I have not sported since those heady post high school days when everything seemed possible and Duran Duran was cool. We rebranded so we would stop confusing clients. Which of course is why we rebranded recently. The energy industry has been just fine to me and my family.
And now? I’m a beaten down wreck, a long term sufferer of the vagaries of the worst industry on the planet – the energy industry. Where does the time go folks? It seems like only yesterday that I was a wee buck, wet behind the ears, looking to make my way in a land of uncertainty and boundless opportunity.
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