17.01.2013 - Norway handles oil wealth right, report says
A new report has some advice for Canada when it comes to managing its oil wealth — be more like Norway. The study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released Thursday calls for a more hands-on approach both provincially and federally toward developing the resource, divvying up its riches and reducing its environmental impacts. Norway set up its Government Pension Fund Global in 1990. It is now the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world at $664 billion and continues to grow. By contrast, the Alberta Heritage Savings Fund, set up by the Lougheed government in 1976, contains only about $16 billion...............................................Full Article: Source
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