The New Democratic party may stand at odds with the country’s most free-enterprising province, notably in its opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, but residents of Fort McMurray say the money will still flow as freely as the oil
Related: The Canadians who live along the route of the longest proposed tar sands pipeline – in pictures
Forty-one years ago, Robert Vargo spent $6,000 to buy a car-repair shop on a dusty road in an empty corner of sub-arctic Canada. Today, Alberta Motor Products in Fort McMurray is the largest General Motors dealer in western Canada, in some months selling more vehicles than any other dealer in the entire country.
Related: Alberta finally shifted left in these elections. But can it go green? | David Suzuki