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Canada Needs Alberta

Canada Needs Alberta
Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from wellheads surrounded by canola fields near Cremona, Alta., on July 15, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Recently, Prime Minister Carney said, “We’re renovating the country as we go, and Alberta being at the centre of that is essential.” Did he really mean this? If so, is the federal government (and Central Canada) giving the risk of Alberta separation appropriate attention and response? If so, why is the federal government still imposing significant costs on the Canadian energy industry—costs which are making it difficult for the industry to compete with global producers?

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Art Korpach
Art Korpach
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Art Korpach is a retired vice chairman of a major Canadian bank securities dealer and former Jarislowsky Fellow at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business.
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