I think Ken should have also pointed out that Alberta was the one
area of Canada that was largely settled by Americans who
migrated to the territory (it was not a province until 1905) around
the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
From: "Ken Hanly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PEN-L:7154] Businesses Petition for an End to Deregulaiton of
Power.
Date sent: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:59:53 -0600
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> That business in Alberta should favor a petition on this shows that even
> among its strongest supporters the free-market ideology is being questioned.
> Alberta is a stronghold in Canada of free-market, neo-liberal ideology. When
> deregulation means that Alberta business is at a disadvantage compared to
> provinces such as Manitoba where power is relatively cheap, ideology goes
> out the window...Alberta has always struck me as a sort of northern
> extension of Texan ways of thinking...
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
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