Referendum roulette: Is Alberta scaring off energy investors?

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The Alberta separatism talks just got a lot more serious, and it could have negative implications on the oil and gas industry, not only in Alberta, but all of Canada. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, joins the show to discuss how business leaders are warning that the uncertainty surrounding the referendum comes at a difficult time for the oil and gas industry as Canada competes for investments in pipelines, LNGs and energy exports.
25 May 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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