Coal industry lobbied hard to change Coal Policy; CAC began effort after Alberta election
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By Herald on March 9, 2021.
The Rockies loom large over the streets the communities in the Crowsnest Pass. Herald file photo by Al Beeber
Government records and other sources document the Alberta and international coal industry’s intense lobbying attempts to change Alberta’s regulatory system in the months leading into the changeover to the United Conservative Party government and in the year after, which eventually led to the rescindment of the 1976 Coal Policy.
According to documents filed by the Coal Association of Canada (CAC) with Alberta’s Lobby Registry, the timeline starts on Jan. 29, 2019 just a few months prior to the election, when the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) invited representatives of the CAC to form a joint Coal Sector Working Group, co-chaired by CAC president Robin Campbell, as the AER “began working on priorities to increase regulatory efficiency of coal mine approvals in Alberta.”