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We are facing a period of profound adversity unlike any we have since the 1930s Jason Kenney

Kenney also announced $50 million in income supports for people self-isolating, but said the global downturn will hit Alberta particularly hard. A thought echoed by many others.

“Alberta is going to be hit significantly as a result of both the coronavirus and the oil-price wars we’re seeing right now,” said Adam Legge, chief executive of the Business Council of Alberta. “That has a larger-than-normal impact here in Alberta.”

Legge said he expects major oil and gas producers will be able to “weather the storm,” but he’s concerned that drilling companies, oilfield services providers and engineering companies along with the gyms, restaurants and tourism operators that are shutting their doors “are going to be at greater risk.”

More than 90 per cent of Albertans are concerned the coronavirus threat will hurt the economy and 75 per cent are concerned about their personal finances, according to an Angus Reid poll released on Tuesday. Nationwide, those numbers drop to 86 per cent and 65 per cent, respectively.

“Alberta has been in a heightened state of anxiety for so long that every possible nerve ending in the psyches of Albertans is exposed,” said Shachi Kurl, executive director of the Angus Reid Institute.

Alberta is going to be hit significantly as a result of both the coronavirus and the oil-price wars we’re seeing right now Adam Legge

People across Canada are concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and the health crisis, but Kurl said Albertans are most likely to be “very concerned” about the impact on the economy, which has been struggling to grow for close to six years.