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Originally Posted by Rathji
What did most economists think about the NEP before it was implemented? I really have no idea, since I was so young at the time, all I remember (vaguely) is the aftermath.
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If I remember even members of the Liberal cabinet approached Trudeau and I believe Marc Lalonde and begged them not to implement the NEP program because it would create a real split in Canada. I also remember that Alberta warned the Feds several times that if they implemented the NEP that Alberta would simply shut off the taps to the rest of the country.
The NEP was an outright bad idea by a vindictive Prime Minister who didn't really like the West and was frustrated that Alberta and Peter Lougheed would not come to heel with his vision of a centralized country.