Jim Roy was Senior Advisor for Royalty Policy for Alberta Energy from 1985 to 1993. As president of Delta Royalty Consulting, he currently assists governments obtain value from natural resources. Clients include the governments of Afghanistan, Bolivia, Canada, Kenya, Pakistan, and several Canadian First Nations.
Alberta introduced new royalty formulas in 2009, expecting to collect an additional $2 billion per year. Instead, total royalties collected over the following five years went down by $13.5 billion.