Forty Years in the Public Interest: A History of the National Energy Board

Published: Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & Mc- Intyre, 2000
ISBN 1-55054-796-8

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In the late 20th century, global energy supplies—mostly of oil and natural gas—veered wildly between surplus and shortage. Prices swung from levels too low to sustain the development of new energy supplies to levels too high to sustain prosperity. A cartel of oil exporting countries attempted to monopolize the market, and wars and revolutions sent economic tremors around the world. In Canada, conflicts raged between economic nationalism and continentalism. Strains between energy consumers and energy producers, and between the federal government and the provinces, tested Confederation more than once. Since its creation in 1959, the National Energy Board has helped to navigate Canada through this turbulent world of energy.

Forty Years in the Public Interest opens the door on the Canadian energy industry and provides a fascinating look at the inside workings of the National Energy Board.

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