Oilmen in the Edmonton area aren't surprised that this province is in the mess it's in. Instead of listening to Peter Lougheed, who advised them to slow down the growth of the oil sands, get control of the pollution, collect proper royalties and taxes and refine the oil in Canada, the Klein and Stelmach governments slashed royalties and taxes and invited the world to come and get our next to free oil. They literally created a gold rush stampede atmosphere on our oil wealth and weren't smart enough to ensure that there was a proper way to get this massive increase in production to world markets, and as oilmen point out their stupidity has caught up to us. While Premier Rachel Notley desperately tries o fix this stupid mess they created she has all sorts of sarcastic remarks hurled at her by Jason Kenney and his ignorant supporters and the oilmen have nothing but praise for what she is trying to do. As oilmen point out don't forget Jason Kenney was part of the Stephen Harper Reform Party government that turned a blind eye to what was happening and allowed this to happen. Alan Spiller
