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So first, some praise is due. We are well ahead of schedule in reducing our carbon footprint. As a now nameless person decried last month, energy companies aren’t investing in our province any more.

Voilà — that’ll take a big bite out of carbon emissions. Plus, when we add in the reductions from vehicles as more and more people stay home because they’ve no job to go to, then surely the premier is due another shout out from President Barack Obama for the great job she’s doing in saving the planet.

Seriously, what does the government expect when it comes to investment? Is there an actual chance that a light bulb will go on in their collective noggins before energy rates get so inflated here in Wild Rose Country they can’t afford the bill for such illumination?

Major energy companies are the most international businesses on the planet. Even when prices are high, they’ve multiple choices on every continent in which to invest. But when prices are in the Dumpster, and those countries dependent on resource revenue – that would be us, Justin Trudeau – are desperate, then the majors can pick and choose with abandon.

So why would a U.S., British, French, Chinese or Dutch major sink money into Alberta right now when so many other areas are desperate for such investment and put out more welcome mats than the Chicken Ranch in Nevada?

Here we have a government that sat around for months talking about royalty reviews. They finally decided to do nothing, of course, but do they think major energy companies are going to work to their timetable?