Tough to know how Calgary will respond when you get prominent Calgarians saying to allow the sale would be similar to the NEP.
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For anyone who is counting, last week marked 30 years since the much-vilified NEP was imposed on Alberta's energy sector; mention the name Pierre Trudeau to an oilpatch veteran and don't expect a friendly reply.
If Harper and his cabinet give the go-ahead to the Potash takeover, the same will hold true in Saskatchewan -- only instead of the players being Peter Lougheed and Pierre Trudeau, it'll be Stephen Harper and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.
"If the deal gets the nod," said retired oilpatch exec and prominent Calgary businessman Dick Haskayne on Monday night while attending a dinner in Calgary, "it will be the most ill-considered government decision in so far as business is concerned since the NEP in 1981."
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