Albertans want oil industry to pay up: poll - November 20, 2025

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“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” said pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” The poll was released just as representatives from 69 municipal districts and counties met in Edmonton at Rural Municipalities of Alberta’s (RMA) fall convention that wrapped on Thursday. RMA has been pressing the Alberta government for years to crack the whip and force oil and gas companies to pay what they owe to municipalities in property taxes. Annual surveys have highlighted the extent of the problem, with the most recent showing rural municipalities are owed $254 million in back taxes.