 Initially , this did not appear to be a problem ; Borden had long called for the transfer of resource control to the prairie provinces , but when Sifton and Scott raised the issue with the new Prime Minister , little action resulted . Borden stalled for some time , and it emerged that he did not wish to buoy the fortunes of the provincial Liberal parties by giving them the political victory that would result from the transfer of resource control . Upon the outbreak of the First World War , the issue fell out of public prominence , and it was not until 1930 that Alberta would achieve this long @-@ time objective . 
