Alberta pays for the rest of the country and its gotten past old.
I may go look into contracting in Texas. I have skills that are in high demand. I don’t consider it cutting tail and running. I need to be around more like minded folks. If I do oil and gas down there, I wouldn’t be leaving again.
Most of us here in Alberta wouldn’t actually mind too much if the US decided to make a 51st state.
Went to Banff a few years ago, it was great.