The CBC’s Allison Dempster explores the powerful legacy of the National Energy Program and how Alberta sees itself in Canada 40 years after the program was introduced.

Episode 2 Alberta Fights Back

A 14-year-old Joe Lougheed recognizes the look in his father’s eye during a televised address to Alberta in the fall of 1980, and the look means business. Premier Peter Lougheed embarks on a high stakes political gamble with Alberta oil and federal-provincial relations.