Alberta wants input with clarity on oil sands takeover rules

OTTAWA, Canada (Bloomberg) -- Alberta is pressing the Canadian government to allow input and give clarity on rules banning foreign takeovers in the oil sands by state-owned companies, more than a year after the restrictions were announced. “We, as the owner of the resource, want to have significant input into how those parameters are structured,” Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations Minister Cal Dallas said in an interview in Ottawa, referring to the takeover rules. “We continue to seek clarity.”