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Originally Posted by blankall
Hardly a foregone conclusion? Really? When Alberta joined Canada it was under the agreement that they would have SOLE ownership of the natural resources within their border. The constitution is pretty thourough on the topic. It explicitely gives provinces control and ownership over all non-renewable resources.
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Actually, they didn't. When Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the NWT, both provinces got screwed by the federal government on that point. It wasn't until 1929 when John Brownlee finally wrestled control of our resources from the feds. Then, as now, the attitude of Ontario and Quebec was that the west existed to give them wealth.