Feb. 7, 1979: Alberta, Quebec planning big money deal
Pipelines, market access and Quebec. Those may sound like words pulled from recent headlines, but this particular story happened nearly four decades ago.
There has been a long, colourful history of negotiating oil and gas access between Alberta and Quebec
Pipelines, market access and Quebec.
Those may sound like words pulled from recent headlines, but this particular story happened nearly four decades ago.
In February 1979, Alberta's then-premier Peter Lougheed announced Alberta would not allow Quebec to borrow from the Heritage Savings Trust Fund for infrastructure projects, because of Quebec premier René Lévesque's separatist agenda.
In this clip from The National, hosted by George McLean, reporter Arthur Kent explains why the wealthy Alberta government would only allow Quebec to borrow for a very specific natural gas project.