It doesn't surprise me that someone like yourself would react to my post that way but I never defended the Conservative party and I believe they deserved to be thrown out.  When you say they didn't "diversify" enough demonstrates you have no real clue how economics works.  Actually when you like at the different facets of the Albertan economy it is quite diversified but of course when oil is cruising over 80 dollars a bbl, it is going to be tough o look diversified but of course lefties like you don't understand that.  But incompetent political parties aside, that doesn't change the way the majority of albertans embrace free markets and why it will always be a more resilient economy than other places. It's the great thing about Canada, if you believe in free enterprise and the value creation potential of the free markets, you can live in Alberta, and if you want a socialist paradise, head to Quebec.