One thing I was wondering is if the government can adjust the earning conditions on mineral leases easily. I think that if a bunch of companies are going to go pout about the royalty structure, forcing their hand by accelerating expiration conditions may be an interesting way to either:
1 - get them back into the province to develop the resource they bought the rights to produce
2 - cause them to decide to pull out of Alberta permanently by selling their interests to other companies will to participate under the new regime
3 - have a bunch of land expire and allow new companies to re-purchase the rights to production (ensuring activity and increased revenue from landsale).
Just wondering.
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