oil and gas

9:51AM
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If the province wants to seize new economic opportunities, it could ease the movement of skilled labour and improve Alberta’s tax competitiveness, among other things.


3:00AM
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Prime Minister Trudeau’s remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davo unfortunately reflect an attitude of discomfort with Canada’s resource economy.  


9:02AM
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The real “resource curse” is the way successive Alberta governments squandered revenues from resource development.


11:12AM
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The Alberta government can't control the price of oil, but it can control its policy environment, and recent policy changes have caused a decline in investor confidence.


3:00AM
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Western Canada heavy crude oil is largely captive to demand by U.S. refineries that are configured to process heavy crude oil.


3:00AM
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Canadians pay about twice the amount of tax on gasoline compared to Americans.


3:00AM
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The Alberta premier chimed in on B.C.'s opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.


11:22AM
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On Wednesday, TransCanada, the company that would have built and operated the Keystone XL pipeline, launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline.


2:57PM
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That perceptions about Alberta’s investment climate are changing should concern Albertans. As we saw with the last royalty review, perceptions can often become realities.