Alberta

[Accountability Now]

and is easily the best paid in Canada.

Much like many other non-oilfield jobs! Of course I find it ironic that people in these positions fight there way to be compensated based on the oil dollar but won't take a cut when it goes down.

[Je suis Omar]

"Albertans own 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources", according to this "Alberta Energy" webpage.

By what law, or on what basis, is the above claim made?

Under the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867, the original provinces of Confederation retained ownership of crown lands and resources within their boundaries. When BC and PEI joined Confederation in 1871 and 1873, they too retained ownership of natural resources. But when the Prairie provinces were created (Manitoba in 1870, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905) a new and controversial policy emerged. In these provinces, ownership of natural resources was retained by the federal government to provide funds for colonization and railway building. Not until 1930, after a sometimes bitter political struggle, were natural-resource rights transferred by the federal government to the Prairie provinces. By this time, most of the agricultural lands had been transferred into private ownership; but because the federal government had reserved mineral rights when disposing of land in the prairies and had granted restricted tenures, the provincial governments inherited a rich treasure house of resource rights under the 1930 transfer. It is as a consequence of these rights that Alberta grants oil and gas leases and receives oil and gas royalties; that Manitoba can develop vast hydroelectric power resources to sell in the US; and that Saskatchewan controls uranium and potash reserves of worldwide significance.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/m/article/resource-rights/

[Je suis Omar]

This thread has seen drift on a Pangaea cale.

[dpwozney]

Under the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867, the original provinces of Confederation retained ownership of crown lands and resources within their boundaries. When BC and PEI joined Confederation in 1871 and 1873, they too retained ownership of natural resources. But when the Prairie provinces were created (Manitoba in 1870, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905) a new and controversial policy emerged. In these provinces, ownership of natural resources was retained by the federal government to provide funds for colonization and railway building. Not until 1930, after a sometimes bitter political struggle, were natural-resource rights transferred by the federal government to the Prairie provinces. By this time, most of the agricultural lands had been transferred into private ownership; but because the federal government had reserved mineral rights when disposing of land in the prairies and had granted restricted tenures, the provincial governments inherited a rich treasure house of resource rights under the 1930 transfer. It is as a consequence of these rights that Alberta grants oil and gas leases and receives oil and gas royalties; that Manitoba can develop vast hydroelectric power resources to sell in the US; and that Saskatchewan controls uranium and potash reserves of worldwide significance.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/m/article/resource-rights/

So, "Je suis Omar", is it the "Crown", or is it it "Albertans", that own 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, in your view?

"Alberta", the "Province of Alberta", or the "Crown", is a different entity than "Albertans", "the people of Alberta", or "Albertans, collectively".

Edited April 9, 2015 by dpwozney

[Je suis Omar]

So, "Je suis Omar", is it the "Crown", or is it it "Albertans", that own 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, in your view?

"Alberta", the "Province of Alberta", or the "Crown", is a different entity than "Albertans", "the people of Alberta", or "Albertans, collectively".

I actually thought that that brief article covered it really well, DPW.

You shorely do have a fondness for quotations.

[dpwozney]

I actually thought that that brief article covered it really well, DPW.

So then, "Je suis Omar", is it the "Crown" that owns 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, in your view?

Is this "Alberta Energy" webpage incorrect when it states that "Albertans own 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources"?

The "Crown", "Alberta", or the "Province of Alberta", is a different entity than "Albertans", "the people of Alberta", or "Albertans, collectively".

[jacee]

So then, "Je suis Omar", is it the "Crown" that owns 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, in your view?

Is this "Alberta Energy" webpage incorrect when it states that "Albertans own 81% of the province's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources"?

The "Crown", "Alberta", or the "Province of Alberta", is a different entity than "Albertans", "the people of Alberta", or "Albertans, collectively".

It's an interesting question. The government collects revenues from resources and uses them for the people.

I don't think they send them to the Queen.

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