Oil and Gas

Ottawa, the Provinces and the Petroleum Industry

by James Laxer

Oil and Gas offers an overview of these turbulent years and fresh insight into the real motivates of the main players:  Ottawa, Alberta and the other producing provinces, the oil majors such as Imperial, the Canadian companies like Petro-Canada, the OPEC cartel and the U.S. government.

For more than a decade, the oil industry and energy policy have been a central issue in Canadian economic and political life. Oil and Gas offers an overview of these turbulent years and fresh insight into the real motivates of the main players:  Ottawa, Alberta and the other producing provinces, the oil majors such as Imperial, the Canadian companies like Petro-Canada, the OPEC cartel and the U.S. government.

About the Author

JAMES LAXER teaches in the Political Science Department, Atkinson College at York University, Toronto.

Subjects (BISAC)

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