Alberta's Left Turn
Alberta's Left Turn
Canada's oil-rich province has a new government - and a different approach to energy.
Until this year, Alberta was known as Canada’s most conservative province. But in May, Albertans elected for the first time the left -of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) to run their government.
The huge change at the top for Canada’s fourth-largest province in terms of population — and the country’s leading petroleum producer — will have ramifications both nationally and internationally. And it raises questions about the historically strong alliance between the provincial government and the oil and gas industry.
The NDP win in Alberta has given the federal wing of the party...
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