Canada’s whipping boys

Alberta, Saskatchewan, major drivers of national economy, get nothing from Trudeau government’s plans to fund social programs

Gary Park

for Petroleum News

Canada’s petroleum industry provided 830,000 direct and related jobs in 2019 and contributed C$68 billion to the national trade balance compared with a C$22 billion loss for the once-powerful auto sector. David Dodge, a former governor of the Bank of Canada (the equivalent of the U.S. Federal Reserv....

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Massive industry job losses

Kenney lashes out

About 10% of GDP

Provinces not aligned