Coal mining is already having an impact in Alberta's Rocky Mountains even as debate intensifies over the industry's presence in one of the province's most beloved landscapes.
Coal mining is already having an impact in Alberta s Rocky Mountains even as debateintensifies over the industry s presence in one of the province s most beloved landscapes."They ve been very active . . .
Coal mining is already having an impact in Alberta's Rocky Mountains even as debateintensifies over the industry's presence in one of the province's most be
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Jan 19, 2021 11:44am Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
The Lead
The federal government has told its provincial counterparts they have until the end of January to respond to Ottawa’s proposed changes to the AgriStability risk-management program, which farmers say is in desperate need of reform.
As Real Agriculture reports, Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia are on board with the proposal, while Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have not yet indicated their support. Under Ottawa’s proposal, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau would drop the reference margin limit and increase the compensation rate under AgriStability from 70 to 80 per cent. The proposal was made during the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial Agriculture ministers, which was delayed until November because of the pandemic.
This case is not about an unlawful exercise of government power, she argued earlier Tuesday. This case is about the government s ability to create and dictate policy based on economic, social, political and other relevant factors.
Southern Alberta ranchers and area First Nations are attacking the government s decision to revoke a coal policy from 1976 that blocked development on some parts of the eastern slopes of the Rockies and tightly restricted it elsewhere. The policy was quietly revoked without consultation by Energy Minister Sonya Savage last May.
Burkett, saying there is nothing to review, argued the policy was not rooted in legislation or regulation.