With $55 billion attributed to new capital projects last year alone, the oil and gas sector is one of the largest contributors to the Canadian economy. A lot of those dollars were spread from one coast to the other in providing for manufacturer and contractor services – $21 billion went into the federal and provincial governments. An article in The Globe and Mail provides an overview on the occurring growth: “The biggest contributor to Canada’s balance of trade is, by a wide margin, oil and gas. The industry is a major job creator, employing more than 550,000 people.”