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Varcoe: 'Significant uncertainty': Independent Alberta would still have oil and gas, but how would separation affect market access?

A changed relationship between an independent Alberta and the rest of the country could present challenges for the oil and gas industry

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Those two words have circled around the Canadian oilpatch like ants at a picnic for more than a decade, often driven by the thorny political debate in the country about building new oil pipelines.

Varcoe: 'Significant uncertainty': Independent Alberta would still have oil and gas, but how would separation affect market access? Back to video

Would Alberta face new or different market access constraints as a separate country?

Market access could become one of several key issues in the broader debate about the economic ramifications of Alberta separation on the energy sector, according to a........

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