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In response to skyrocketing oil prices in the 1970s, Pierre Trudeau tried saving the Canadian economy by nationalizing Canada’s petroleum industry… and in the process, made an enemy with Alberta. Part 2 of 3.

Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/EmPzZRcXrp4
Watch Part 3 here: https://youtu.be/dhKwZG1-_Pk

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Sources:
Developing Alberta’s Oil Sands: From Karl Clark to Kyoto, Paul Chastko (2004)
Stupid to the last drop: how Alberta is bringing environmental Armageddon to Canada (and doesn't seem to care), William Marsden (2008)
Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, John Vaillant (2023)
Alberta Culture and Tourism - Oil Sands (Accessed 2024)
Alberta’s Petroleum Industry and the Conservation Board, David H. Breen (1993)
Canadian History: Post-Confederation, J. D. Belshaw (2016)
U.S. Crude Oil First Purchase Price dataset, U.S. Energy Information Administration (Accessed 2024)
OPEC.org (Accessed 2024)
How to Build the World’s Largest Oil Pipeline System, Sean Kheraj (2019)
The Canadian Encyclopedia - Pipeline Debate, 1956 (2015)
House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 14. The Curtailment of Debate (2000)
Crude oil historical production dataset, CAPP (Accessed 2024)
Oil sands historical production dataset, CAPP (Accessed 2024)
EVOLUTION of Canada’s oil and gas industry, Robert D. Bott (2004)
CBC archives
CPAC archives
Pierre Trudeau wanted to 'steal our wealth' | Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, CTV News (2023)

All music by Karl Casey/White Bat Audio (@whitebataudio)

Grandfather Clock by Lyskilde is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6XN6V
“Pierre Elliot Trudeau” by Chiloa via Wikimedia, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 / Cropped from original

00:00 Oil Shock
02:37 Laying Pipe
19:27 Black Gold and Grits
35:52 Round 2
52:02 The New Right

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