梅迪辛哈特是北美洲最后一批拥有自己的能源资源的城市之一。
Medicine Hat is one of the last cities in North America to own its energy resources;
那时已建市的梅迪辛哈特开始提供工业税负优惠期、免费建筑工地和免费天然气。
Medicine Hat, by then incorporated as a city, started offering industry tax holidays, free building sites and free natural gas;
现在，梅迪辛·哈特正在设立一个和挪威著名的主权财富基金相当的基金，筹集起来的钱应该会为子孙后代赚更多的钱。
Now, Medicine hat is setting up the equivalent of Norway's famous sovereign wealth fund, a pool of money that should make more money for generations to come.
据梅迪辛·哈特历史博物馆称，到一战开始时，梅迪辛·哈特的工厂生产的产品，“从井盖到糖果，”达数十种之多。
By the time the Great War began, Medicine Hat factories were producing dozens of products, "from manhole covers to candy," according to Medicine Hat's history museum.
来自石油和天然气的收入会给该市的很多预算提供资金，使梅迪辛·哈特能够保持低税率。这里是加拿大主要城市中财产税最低的。
Income from the oil and gas sales funds much of the municipal budget, allowing Medicine Hat to keep taxes low - it has the lowest property taxes of any major municipality in Canada.
但后来，能源价格暴跌，利润蒸发，梅迪辛·哈特今年面临预算不足。在记忆中这是第一次。
But then prices plummeted and the profits evaporated, and this year Medicine Hat faced a budget shortfall for the first time in memory.
因此，梅迪辛·哈特正在设立一个“遗产基金”，类似于挪威、中国、新加坡和其他富裕国家运作的主权财富基金。
As a result, Medicine Hat is setting up a "heritage fund," similar to the sovereign wealth funds operated by Norway, China, Singapore and other wealthy countries.
因此，梅迪辛·哈特正在设立一个“遗产基金”，类似于挪威、中国、新加坡和其他富裕国家运作的主权财富基金。
As a result, Medicine Hat is setting up a "heritage fund," similar to the sovereign wealth funds operated by Norway, China, Singapore and other wealthy countries.
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