....In July of this year, I drove through Alberta from Coutts on the south to Yukon Territory on the North.
Here’s an observation. I’m used to I 10 and/or I 35. I’ve driven I 10 from Florida to California and I 10 from South Texas to Oklahoma. Traffic near cities is bumper to bumper most of the time meaning many thousands of vehicles per day. In rural sections of the Interstates meaning between the cities, traffic is moderate to heavy.
In Alberta, outside the cities, it’s not much of an overstatement to say there simply is no traffic. You might see one car coming at you in the opposing lane every 5 minutes and 1 large truck every 30 minutes and I am talking about an Interstate type divided highway with on/off ramps not some back country road.
My opinion/conclusion: Judging from highway traffic across their fruited plain, there is very little economic activity going on in the marxist/socialist/dictatorial paradise of Alberta.
I remember driving in Alberta on the way to Banff, and there was a big Elk in the road, and he wasn’t moving for anybody. Probably had to wait a good five minutes before he finally moved off the road.