A government's ethics can be measured by the level of socio-economic disparity that it tolerates.  The Government of Alberta destroys First Nations lands in behalf largely U.S.-based oil companies, and then denies First Nations communities basic human dignity. 

Alberta's First Nations are among the worst treated indigenous populations in the world.  The quality of living of Alberta's First Nations "reserves" are worst than in many so-called Third World countries.  In Alberta, it appears that the spirit of the former apartheid regime of South Africa, is alive and well.