Not only will the provincial government continue to make billions despite dwindling oil production, that situation will continue over the next decade with the provincial government raking in around $2.0 billion annually.
That includes 2016 when – according to the production forecast used to make these awesome predictions - production will be a mere 65 million barrels.
The source of this sunniness is none other than the local Blue Team’s favourite economist Wade Locke.
Yes, folks, the same guy who complained when he was accurately quoted (but unfortunately contradicting the official spin) is predicting sunny days ahead.
And it’s there for all to read, on the front page of the Saturday Telegram complete with a pretty graph of annual oil production.
Not surprising, is it?
And there is no reason for doubt.
Locke remains confident in his forecast, a year after he gave it:
"That what I was expecting before, and that's what I'm still expecting."
Of course, he is.
Just like he was confident when he forecast gigantic things for Labrador at a time when the global economy was tanking. he expected it then and he still expected it right up until it didn’t happen.
Or like 1990 when he pissed all over the economic benefit from Hibernia.
Yes, those economic boons can be hard to predict.
We just have to make sure the credit goes in the right direction.
