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Oil price drop tips out Canada's longest provincial government

The Progressive Conservative government in Alberta was planning to raise taxes as oil revenues fell.

Nevil Gibson
Thu, 07 May 2015

Stroppy voters in Canada have punished that country’s longest-standing provincial government because of the slump in oil prices.

The Progressive Conservative Party has been running Alberta continuously since 1971, making it the most prosperous province in Canada.

Premier Jim Prentice called a

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Nevil Gibson
Thu, 07 May 2015
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