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Originally Posted by Regorium
Just as a thought, what do you think the actual contribution of O&G to the Alberta economy is? (in terms of percentage of total GDP)
As a comparison, what do you think a highly diversified province actually looks like? ie. Do you think Ontario or BC or another province has a better model that Alberta should follow?
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Estimates vary, but it's
over 2% of Canada's GDP, so conservative estimates would peg it at ~11.2% of Alberta's GDP based on Alberta being ~18% of Canada's GDP:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...econ15-eng.htm