Jason Kenney’s Favourite Researcher Just Gave Him a Headache
What does the UCP do now that Vivian Krause says she never said Canadian enviro groups were being used by US oil interests?
David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on Twitter @djclimenhaga. SHARES Premier Jason Kenney based his ‘Public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns’ on the theory the province was being targeted to benefit US interests.
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What is the United Conservative Party’s position, pray, about Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause’s bombshell assertion she always understood the environmental conspiracy to landlock Alberta’s oilsands she promoted so energetically had nothing to do with the U.S. oil industry advancing its interests at Canada’s expense?
Donna Kennedy-Glans says Steve Allan regrets signing on to public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns
A former conservative MLA who sat on the province s fair deal panel says the commissioner of the public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns regrets getting involved in the project, which has been beset by delays, cost overruns and controversy.
Social Sharing I actually recommended to Steve three extensions ago that he just stop it, former conservative MLA says
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Posted: May 22, 2021 7:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 22
Alberta Fair Deal Panel member Donna Kennedy-Glans and Steve Allan, the commissioner of the province s public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns, are seen in these file photos.(Left: Bill Graveland/Canadian Press, Right: CBC)
Posted: May 21, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 21
Information commissioner Jill Clayton s office says it has not tested the government s claim that its energy war room is exempt from Alberta s freedom-of-information law that allows public scrutiny of government bodies.(Sam Martin/CBC)
The office of Alberta s information commissioner says it has not determined whether the province s controversial energy war room is subject to freedom of information legislation, despite the United Conservative government s insistence the war room s structure allows it to evade such scrutiny.
An expert in freedom of information (FOIP) says the commissioner should launch an investigation into whether the public can request records from an organization he calls profoundly undemocratic.
EDMONTON Alberta s inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics is getting another deadline extension.
Premier Jason Kenney, saying inquiry head Steve Allan needs more time to complete his report. announced the delay on Facebook on Tuesday night.
Kenney did not specify how much more time Allan was given, but Energy Minister Sonya Savage says cabinet approved the extension until July 30.
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Allan, a forensic accountant, was tapped in 2019 to lead the inquiry with an initial budget of $2.5 million and a July 2020 deadline.
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage made the comments in a statement sent to
Canada’s National Observer in response to the release of the IEA’s “Net Zero by 2050” report, which lays out a roadmap for reaching net-zero emissions. It concluded there was “no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply.”
Last year, Savage cited the IEA’s forecasts in an op-ed as “proof” that the world’s energy markets will continue to demand oil “decades” into the future. “Under every single scenario and forecast out there, oil will continue to be used and dominate the energy mix,” she told media on another occasion.