PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Oil Sands
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Politics: originates from resolving conflict, limited resources, different values in regard to critical issues of the day, is struggle among different groups in society who want different things, it involves collective resolution to that conflict. Canada"s oil sands, located primarily in alberta, represent one-third of the worlds known petroleum resources: the oil sands are huge economic contribution to canada"s economy, 514,000 employed access canada. There is a lot of conflict with tar sands in canada. We just develop it in a way that is culturally sensitive and good for the environment: not a black and white issue people in western canada need jobs, but there are large environmental issues. How does power play into the oil sands politics? a: increase because of international demand, use of taxes for health care, etc. But it may be difficult to see who has power!
