Alberta has long benefitted from high tax, union-friendly governance in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, which pushed investors toward the province in the middle. But for northwestern Albertans, despite their abundant oil and gas resources, times have changed with shocking speed. While B.C. has reaped billions in royalties over the past two years from natural gas development in its northeastern region, activity levels in neighbouring Alberta have failed to keep pace. So what exactly has been going on, and can it be fixed?