With respect to employment, Alberta’s was the most diversified economy in Canada in 2020.
petroleum industry
June 28, 2021
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As environmental opposition threatens their royalties and jobs, many First Nations have teamed up with the petroleum industry.
August 25, 2017
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Reforms dismantled the monopoly held by Mexico’s two-state owned energy giants.
May 22, 2013
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In a speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce in London on July 14, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Canada as the emerging energy superpower that his government intends to build. The prime minister and Joe Oliver, minister of natural resources, have repeated this claim on various occasions since.
While the term energy superpower sounds exciting and important, that likely isnt where the country is heading (and likely not what we want to be). Rather, Canada is on track to become an energy superproducer if the right policy framework is in place.
August 10, 2012
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If you asked a typical Canadian to name the best place for investing in the petroleum industry, theyd likely say Alberta. But ask a typical petroleum executive, and the answer is quite different.
In recent years, executives responding to the Fraser Institutes annual Global Petroleum Survey have shied away from Alberta, a trend that began in 2009 when the province plummeted in terms of attractiveness for investment following introduction of the so-called New Royalty Framework.