In an increasingly polarized world, it may be hard to imagine conservatives and progressives working together on a file, but there’s precedent for the possibility. In 1974, parties came together to support the Winnipeg Agreement that saved Syncrude when its American backers bailed out. Similarly, in the 1990s, parties worked together to create the updated royalty framework that allowed the oilsands to take off in the first place.
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