When Patry's parents were asked to sign a lease in 2006, she says nobody batted an eyelash.

They were hardworking, blue-collar folks contributing to Alberta's economy, and felt a kinship with oil and gas workers.

"The whole family was trusting," she said. "I think there's a lot of other landowners that were trusting that we had these really good regulators, and that's just not the case at all."

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