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Well, with a supply of oil and gas that wasn't completely radioactive, Alberta might be a prosperous province instead of having the worst infrastructure and lowest life expectancy in North America. Rob Anders, after his assassination attempt on Prime Minister Martin, claimed that Project Oilsands was a conspiracy that Ottawa launched to prevent Alberta from ever challenging Ontario's spot as the economic powerhouse of the country (Anders may be a raving lunatic, but Albertans do relate to him).