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The Municipal District of Pincher Creek continues to show its opposition to replacing the RCMP in Alberta with a provincial police force.
In March a letter outlining the district’s concerns was sent by Reeve Brian Hammond to Kacyee Madu, Alberta’s Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.
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“Our council…does not support the Province of Alberta’s initiative to replace the RCMP with an Alberta provincial police force,” the letter read.
“We would like to express that we are more than satisfied with our local RCMP detachments’ level of service,” the letter said.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with Jason Nixon, minister of Environment and Parks after being sworn into office, in Edmonton on Tuesday April 30, 2019. Town council from the largest municipality in Nixon s constituency is concerned over the province s consultation plans for open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. – A town council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon’s backyard wants broader consultation over the government’s plans for open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.
On Tuesday, the community of Rocky Mountain House voted to send a letter to the United Conservative government asking for a more extensive evaluation of its proposal to dramatically expand the industry. Talks would go far beyond what has so far been offered.
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Critics are calling out Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon for not being open and honest with Albertans when it comes to his government’s intentions on the issue of water allocations from the Oldman River for the purposes of coal mining. In a recent Op-Ed published in the Lethbridge Herald Nixon claims that his government is not planning to change water licences, allocations or regulations in the Oldman to advance coal mining in the Eastern Slopes, despite allegations to the contrary being circulated in the public. “I recognize that there is ongoing confusion about the Oldman water allocation order, and claims that the allocation has been changed without input from Albertans,” says Nixon in his letter. “This is simply untrue.”