Manning seems to be getting close to "fake opinion" which would be a new low.  

Manning blames the lack of jobs in Alberta on the novice NDP government.  Of course the loss of jobs had nothing to do with oil price fluctuations.  Perhaps a more 'business friendly' jurisdiction - like Texas - has had better luck weathering the storm.  

Whoops, that wasn't right either (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/business/energy-environment/oil-jobs-technology.html?ref=business&_r=0).

I think that Manning's column may have just killed 14,637 jobs in Alberta (a statistic that has at least as much factual basis as Manning's assertions).