Calgary Herald by Licia Corbella.  Do the NDP have any idea how important oil and gas are to this country’s economy? Energy stocks make up almost one-third of the listings on the TSX. Fully 44 per cent of the more than 100,000 jobs generated by the oilsands are outside of Alberta, with Ontario and Quebec — the heart of Canadian manufacturing — the largest beneficiaries. And Alberta’s energy industry makes this province the largest per capita contributors of equalization payments to Ottawa — by far. CBC News.  PetroChina buys rest [...]