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Alberta's oil production is at a record high. Many Canadians don't understand why Albertan oil workers are so angry and talk about separatism. Reuters explains what's going on (infosec.pub)
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Alberta recently reached the highest oil production in history.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2175213/albertas-oilsands-to-hit-record-production-high-in-2025

Why are Albertan oil communities so angry? If oil production boomed under Justin Trudeau, why do they claim he hurt Alberta?

This Reuters article explains what's really going on. It's not for workers. It's for rich investors. Yet there is plenty of interesting content.

Basically, Alberta oil executives brag they engaged in massive labor cost-cutting (firing people) and they replaced unionized workers by robots and automation

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-canadas-oil-sands-transformed-into-one-north-americas-lowest-cost-plays-2025-07-16/

This explains the amount of anger coming out from Alberta.

The Alberta oil economy is thriving. It's the people who aren't.

Many Alberta oil communities lost their well paying jobs. But they (wrongly) believe it's because environmental laws / Justin Trudeau reduced Alberta oil production.

Danielle Smith and the separatists perfectly understand this.

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[–] leastaction@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The Alberta oil economy is thriving

There's no such thing as an Alberta oil economy. Most of the shareholders in the Alberta oil companies are foreign. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2023/foreign-oil-companies/

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Here is an additional report on the foreign ownership of Alberta's oil production. It's the prime example of how Canada is treated as a resource colony by the USA.