ICE AGE

摘要

THOMAS MULCAIR DIDN'T STAY LONG, but Albertans and the oil and gas industry won't soon forget his recent sojourn to Alberta. In June, Jack Layton's successor as the boss of the federal New Democratic Party, and leader of the official Opposition, visited the heart of Alberta's bitumen belt - Fort McMurray - and toured the oil sands during a trek to Wildrose Country. The tour was much anticipated, as it came on the heels of the Quebec MP's "Dutch disease" comments, where he blamed a high Canadian dollar - largely the result of a crude oil boom in Alberta - for killing jobs in Central Canada's manufacturing sector.