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By GRAHAM HICKS

As pipelines are stalled, as Canadian regulations overwhelm, as federal/Alberta corporate taxes increase, as “climate challenge” costs (i.e. carbon tax) mount up … Edmonton energy companies are slip-sliding away to the more business-friendly USA.

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It’s business, says Hi-Kalibre Equipment boss Patrick Rabby. His company, in a southeast Edmonton industrial park, employs 100 workers, manufacturing specialty anti-blow-out valves for drilling rigs.

The energy business in Canada is down. The energy business in the U.S. is booming.

In Canada, stymied by environmental extremists, bottlenecks in the pipeline system are not being addressed.

In the U.S., pipeline bottlenecks are being addressed.

In Canada, stymied by environmental extremists and over-regulation, liquefied natural gas (LNG) ports to export natural gas are not being built.

In the U.S., one LNG terminal is now in operation. Three more are being built.