Public Input in Resource Deals Could Curb Corruption

Published November 2, 2005

If everything you know about hydrocarbons comes to you courtesy of the Globe and Mail's business pages, you can be forgiven for thinking that the term "resource curse" must refer to the outbreak of conspicuous consumption in Alberta's oil patch.

It seems that well-oiled Albertans are cursed with too much money, and too few trifles. Appetite is high for $250,000 Mercedes convertibles, not to mention...