By Scott Henuset (Nov. 30, 2024 – Calgary Herald)
Many of you will have grown up having your parents read you the children’s story of The Little Engine that Could. It is the story of a small train that took on a job that other larger, more powerful engines refused to do.
All the way up the steep slope, the little engine kept chanting to itself, “I think I can, I think I can,” as it did the impossible. As a province, Alberta has a long and proud history of doing what others think cannot be done.
Thirty years ago, who would have believed that Canada would be producing more than four million barrels per day of oil, the vast majority from the oilsands? The reason that happened was because a group of engineers and business people said,” I think I can,” and found ways to create an economy-building industry, for Alberta and Canada.
Read the full opinion article published in the Calgary Herald: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-albertas-can-do-spirit-could-develop-nuclear-energy
