yeah canada has a big piece of their economy based on extraction so the tumbling price of oil hurts them
top 4 canadian industries 3 years ago
12.34 Real estate and rental and leasing
10.86 Manufacturing
07.96 Mining quarrying and oil or gas extraction
07.03 Health care and social assistance
the first two are probably largely entangled with the third one. net exports of energy were like 3+% gdp in recent years. it's not really surprising that the economy would falter
western canada, you're more than welcome to apply for statehood