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 3 A Toxic Legacy

The National Energy Program’s introduction helped sew the seeds of western alienation and spark a raucous and short-lived separatist movement in Alberta. In this episode, Alberta’s boom goes bust when the N.E.P meets a global recession and slumping oil prices.