N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:
Speaking of socialist energy plans here's one I'm curious about but not so curious I want to dig for answers.
I thought I'd just ask the experts here to explain.
Why did our socialist professor prime minister Papa Trudeau fail with his National Energy Plan but Norway succeeded?
1) Canada is one of the relatively few countries in the world that is a federal state, and in our case, mineral rights are Provincial jurisdiction. Norway like most countries is a unitary state, meaning there is no constitutionally recognozed “sub-sovereign” provincial or state government with any independent authority. Which is why the crying about Ontario having the largest “sub-sovereign” debt in the world is misleading, there are only 6 or 7 western nations that would even have a sub sovereign government that could borrow independently.
2) Unlike Canada and Alberta, Norway was fairly poor by western standards before oil was discovered
3) Norway is further away from the influence of giant US mega corporations and and their overbearing government puppets.
4) Culturally more sympathetic to serving the public interest rather than private interest
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And come to think of it herb...yeah, Venezuela. What's Norway got that Venezuela doesn't?
lack of democracy, history of US intervention and colonial rule.