By George Lee, The Macleod Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Alberta should leverage trade, diversify industry and improve corridors to entrench the landlocked province as a pivotal economic player, the legislature heard this week.

Shane Getson, the UCP’s parliamentary secretary for economic corridor development, envisioned a near-future Alberta with strengthened ties — physical and otherwise — in all directions.

A self-described expansionist, the member for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland painted a picture of Alberta with “awfully blurred” borders with the territories to its north.

Justin Wright, meanwhile, talked up an existing economic history with the American Midwest, saying Alberta has taken a “proactive approach to strengthening our trade relationship with the U.S.”

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