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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Capitalists will always go the cheaper route. If a country wants manufacturing to move to them they'll either need to allow slavery or have it be state owned.

Capitalists have no use for Canada's metals because China will sell it for less, have more readily available, and has the factories to support the business. Meanwhile Canada doesn't even refine their own oil.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So what do you mean by that? We refine our oil the stuff we use ourselves. If your talking about refining all the oil we extract then of course we don't. Refined products have a shorter shelf life.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Most of our oil is shipped to Texas to be refined then we buy it from them.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

So why didn't Alberta invest in refineries the last two boom cycles? Because Alberta.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Alberta NDP did, UCP is anti-oil though and closed/cancelled them.