PIPELINE OBSERVER - FALL 2015

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WORDS BY DANNY LE ROY

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Property Rights Mean Prosperity

Central planning is no way to run the energy sector

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PREVAILING myth or half-truth in Canada is that minimal government interference and the presence of considerable oil and gas resources combine to make individuals in Alberta wealthier than residents in other provinces. While geological assays confirm massive reserves in Alberta, the proposition about minimal government interference is false. The consequences are profound. At least three dozen times in his various books, essays and other pub-

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