These are not easy policy issues to address.  Delicate balance needed between attracting investment (read: jobs and tax revenue) and having adequate funds/plans for future estimated liabilities.  Some of these energy and mining companies are smaller and never actually make any profits.  They are not all Exxon Mobil. Also, a court ruling against the Alberta creditors would have been disastrous for Alberta's energy sector given all the other challenges the sector has faced over the past couple years.