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Originally posted by CrONoS


Competitiveness in international trade are mainly the combination of two things; the cost of producing a unit and the cost of your dollars.

When the demand for oil grow up; the price of cdn grow up and industries(like manufactures) which doesn't have the same price structure than the oil industry are losing their competitiveness. The oil industry is a small fraction of the Western Canadian economy.

You would do better for yourself by not looking for excuses as crutches for your own failures. Collectively speaking of course.

BC has next to zero petro industry. They have recovered from have-not to have during the run-up in the price of oil and the Canadian dollar.