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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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Really.
Firstly, provincial resource ownership in Alberta is pursuant to the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, not the
British North America Act/Constitution Act.
Secondly, section 91 of the
BNA Act grants the federal government exclusive jurisdiction over inter-provincial and international trade (indeed, the federal government continues to regulate inter-provincial and international energy trade through the National Energy Board.)