Wall drove SK into the same ditch Alberta hit in the 90s but SK didn't get good roads out of the deal.

Wall drove SK into the same ditch Alberta hit in the 90s but SK didn't get good roads out of the deal.

Wall, so proud of drawing business away from Alberta through low royalties. He never figured out those royalties pay for services and those companies are going to leave when the economics go bad. And he pulled the same garbage Alberta did as well. Cutting services to save money after the crash even though those services didn't benefit from the oil money. We lived in SK in the 90s. Roads were getting dished out from the transition of grain hauling to inland terminals rather than rail stops. Then oil was transported the same way. Primary highways were twinned but secondary ones not so much maintenance. I can see giving farmers a break but bigger business not so much.

Perhaps Alberta was lucky to boom in the 50s where government was for the people. Strong environmental framework to build on and infrastructure that benefits everyone.
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