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Alberta Issues TrackingResearch Results

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Current Economic ConditionALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

The economy in your local

community

The overall Alberta economy

Aug 7-12 70% 52%

79% 62%July 10-20

Good Ratings

Aug 21-26 69% 44%

Right now, how would you rate the condition of each of the following…

Sept 3-8 65% 38%Sept 17-22 63% 43%

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Future of the Economy…Over the next 12 monthsALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

Improve Worsen

Baseline 30% 30%Aug 7-12 27% 27%

Improve Worsen

20% 17%21% 20%

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Aug 21-26 27% 39% 18% 21%Sept 3-8 27% 36% 17% 22%

20% 21%Sept 17-22 26% 32%

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Attitudinal StatementsALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

The Government of Alberta has a responsibility to help promote our oil and natural gas industry

The growth of the oil and natural gas industry is important to the

future prosperity of our province

91%90%

89% 91%90%

90%

90% 92%92%91%

Aug 7-12

July 24-30

Aug 21-26

Sept 3-8

Sept 17-22

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Attitudinal Statements (continued)ALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

I consider the oil and natural gas industry to be a

responsible resource developer

I believe that Canadians as a whole see Alberta as a

responsible resource developer

78%64%79%69%

65% 76%

77%66%

76%71%

It's possible for oil and gas development to balance

economic benefits and the environment in a way that

Canadians like me can agree with

92%90%

91%90%

91%

Aug 7-12

July 24-30

Aug 21-26

Sept 3-8

Sept 17-22

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Attitudinal Statements (continued)ALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

While new pipelines to Canada’s east and west coasts would be a good thing for Alberta's oil and

natural gas industry, they will also benefit Canadians overall

91%

It is just as important to get Canada's oil and natural gas to

global markets as it is to get Canadian beef, grain, and

lumber to those same global markets

Aug 7-12

89%July 24-30

Aug 21-26 89%

89%

89%

91%Sept 3-8 88%91%

91%

91%

Sept 17-22

Without new pipelines to Canada's east and west coasts to access foreign energy markets, Canadians and Albertans are

putting a lot of jobs at risk

77%

78%

75%

76%

80%

Since over half of the oil used in Eastern Canada today is imported from other countries, Canadians need to move faster to get more access to Western Canadian oil.

85%

87%84%

86%

87%

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Government Initiatives & ImpressionsALBERTA ISSUES TRACKING

IMPRESSIONS OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

Doubling the carbon levy by

2017

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pres

sion

22%19%24%23%27%29%

July 24-30

July 10-20

Aug 7-12

Aug 21-26

Sept 3-8

Sept 17-22

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