Oil Sands Expansion Hasn’t Brought Alberta the Prosperity Its Leaders Promised

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By Mitch AndersonJul 23, 2025, 7:55 pm130 pts
Does production equal prosperity? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been throwing around some very optimistic what-if numbers in her relentless lobbying efforts to build ever-more oil pipelines. “If we had the Energy East, if we had Keystone XL, if we had Northern Gateway, we would be producing two and half…

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