LOL. Rimbey is "ranch country," not "oil country."
It's worth noting that the tar sands region has other serious limitations beyond job shortages, lack of adequate housing, etc. At some point it's going to be very difficult to supply adequate power to all those operations up there.
Start filing lawsuits against the environmentalists. Bankrupt them.
Then they will go away.
The only way to beat a Communist is to bankrupt them. Reagan knew this. That’s what made him great.