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What is the National Energy Programme controversy of the 1980s associated with?
- A policy to reduce Canada's energy exports to the United States
- A federal policy that caused resentment in western Canada, particularly Alberta, over control of oil resources
- A plan to build nuclear power stations across Canada
- A plan to nationalise all Canadian banks
Why this is the correct answer
Introduced by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's government in 1980, the National Energy Programme aimed to increase Canadian ownership of the oil industry and redistribute oil revenues. Western provinces, especially Alberta, saw it as Ottawa overreaching into provincial resources, and the controversy deepened regional tensions.