[Boreal]

Alberta has moved a little bit towards massaging non-oil related enterprises, but the reality is, it is without question an oil dominated province. Alberta is Alberta because of and only because of the brothel of black gold that it rests on.

Manitoba simply does not have a single dominant sector, like the petrol industry. There is a lot going on in Alberta, but I don't think anybody can really put up an arguement that doesn't centre around the petrol-sun.

Lets put it this way. Alberta isn't an economic darling because of a good heart clinic in Edmonton or a ballooning IT sector in Calgary.

Although, perhaps, the people really are moving to Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie because Google is establishing a northern campus.