Rant

The articles shows the backlog affects of the government manipulating the prices of crude product. The article tries to argue that the backlash of the government raising crude prices had actually caused the crude railway to fail. Crude by rail becomes economically inefficient, and as a result the railways had dropped in usage. It shows the effects of the bad decisions, how there are hundreds of rail tankers that were not shipped and protests to give back the railway. 

The article is trying to convince the reader that the raise in price of the crude is harmful. The article shows the statistics of the railway shipments in a chart to show the slightly educated demographic of people who would see the drop as bad. They do not however reveal statistics of the increased taxes tagged on the heavier oil price. This causes bias as a drop looks unappealing and non-beneficial. It voices the opinions of citizens who had not supported the idea of the price raise from the start to show that this was a common opinion. Comparison saying we plan to ship near zero barrels in February compared to January of the previous years makes it seem like a horrible event. 

The article is important to the taxpayers, who need pay for buying oil and using it. The article effects the economical government. It is an issue to the decline of railway shipping. The article is targeting demographic of people in Alberta that care about the pipeline and the people that care for environments. Alberta has had an accumulation of crude so this affects the government who attempts to clear some of the backlog. The article also touches the venezuelan government who use canadian crude.