His plan was never going to work anyway. This guy comes in and bets everything on the coaxed success of the oil industry at a time when OPEC is overproducing, the US is energy independent, and the political climate of Canada and the PMOs office is thoroughly opposed to supporting development.
I don't think it was ever intended to work. I think Kenny came in and expected the hard times to blow over, abuse the AB tax payer in order give his oil industry buddies a good shot of corporate welfare, and then in four to eight years he'd get a cushy well paid consultancy job for his trouble. He was always more interested in federal politics anyway, I suppose he thought being the conservative premier of AB was worth moving from Ontario.
His plan was never going to work anyway. This guy comes in and bets everything on the coaxed success of the oil industry at a time when OPEC is overproducing, the US is energy independent, and the political climate of Canada and the PMOs office is thoroughly opposed to supporting development.
I don't think it was ever intended to work. I think Kenny came in and expected the hard times to blow over, abuse the AB tax payer in order give his oil industry buddies a good shot of corporate welfare, and then in four to eight years he'd get a cushy well paid consultancy job for his trouble. He was always more interested in federal politics anyway, I suppose he thought being the conservative premier of AB was worth moving from Ontario.