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BC oil and gas boom urged with tax cuts and land access
Industry officials told a cabinet committee in Victoria that tax cuts and faster land access could spark a BC energy boom. Pierre Alvarez of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said the sector employs about 35,000 people and paid 1.7 billion in revenues last year, with optimism for the Ladyfern field and offshore potential if land rights, fiscal regimes, and the offshore ban are addressed.
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Pierre Alvarez
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Alvarez
Caucus Committee On Natural Resources
Gordon Campbell
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Canada
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Alberta
Bill Belsey
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Hibernia
Rick Thorpe
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