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Originally Posted by octothorp
It doesn't stop at the border, but Alberta has exponentially more oil, combined with a good 30 years head-start. Canadian geologists had been unsuccessful in finding any major oil reserves in Saskatchewan until 1953. If our positions were reversed and commercial oil development in Alberta was not viable until the 1950s and our reserves were significantly smaller than those of our neighbours, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be the economic powerhouse that we are today. Part of our success is hard work, sure. But it has more to do with our geology than our culture.
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So Saskatchewan has known of major reserves for 54 years, yet hasnt fully developed them? I'm sorry, but that is a remarkably weak excuse. Hell, Leduc #1 wasnt struck until the late 1940s, wasnt it?