 New bill cuts energy efficiency agency, ends cabinet approval of oilsands projectsProvincial Politics | 207403 hits | Jun 12 7:11 am | Posted by: DrCaleb  The shuttering of Energy Efficiency Alberta and an end to cabinet approval for oilsands projects are proposed in an omnibus bill introduced by the government Thursday.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The bill is huge. It makes changes to 14 pieces of legislation in six different ministries. It would, among other things, allow oilsands projects to go ahead without cabinet approval, scrap Energy Efficiency Alberta, and allow all Canadians ? not just Albertans ? to purchase public land.
However, when journalists questioned Hunter on why he was making these changes, he seemed stumped. He told reporters to ask the affected cabinet minister for an answer. That would have been fine if there had been other cabinet ministers at the news conference. But we only had Hunter.
He tried to explain that scrapping Energy Efficiency Alberta would be offset by the continuation of another agency, Emissions Reduction Alberta. But reporters wanted to know if efficiency agency's programs, which include green technology loans, would be cut.
Hunter didn't seem to know: "The minister of environment and parks will be bringing forward those initiatives and so whatever initiatives he'll be bringing forward you'll have to ask him about those."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.5608955
The bill is huge. It makes changes to 14 pieces of legislation in six different ministries. It would, among other things, allow oilsands projects to go ahead without cabinet approval, scrap Energy Efficiency Alberta, and allow all Canadians ? not just Albertans ? to purchase public land.
However, when journalists questioned Hunter on why he was making these changes, he seemed stumped. He told reporters to ask the affected cabinet minister for an answer. That would have been fine if there had been other cabinet ministers at the news conference. But we only had Hunter.
He tried to explain that scrapping Energy Efficiency Alberta would be offset by the continuation of another agency, Emissions Reduction Alberta. But reporters wanted to know if efficiency agency's programs, which include green technology loans, would be cut.
Hunter didn't seem to know: "The minister of environment and parks will be bringing forward those initiatives and so whatever initiatives he'll be bringing forward you'll have to ask him about those."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.5608955
Oh, I'm sure Hunter knows exactly what is next, he's just too scared to say it publicly because of the backlash he'll face.
Oh, I'm sure Hunter knows exactly what is next, he's just too scared to say it publicly because of the backlash he'll face.
And rightly so. The UCP seems to be going one way, and everyone else the other.
Polls show they would win another election, if held now, but more than half don't want Kenney included.
Polls show they would win another election, if held now, but more than half don't want Kenney included.
And that's because the ones getting polled think that Kenney is a wimp, and not "tough enough" in the same manner as Dear Leader in the US. That's how far Alberta's devolved in a very short amount of time.
Polls show they would win another election, if held now, but more than half don't want Kenney included.
And that's because the ones getting polled think that Kenney is a wimp, and not "tough enough" in the same manner as Dear Leader in the US. That's how far Alberta's devolved in a very short amount of time.
That makes me sad. I was hoping it was because they were waking up to his
I thought the Sun would tone it down now that it's owned by the Journal. Guess I was wrong about that too.
As for Alberta I fear for this province for the first time ever. Even more so given that I'll never have the money to leave if things get really bad. And not just economically-bad. We're already there and probably won't ever get out of it. I mean spiritually-bad, with that sort of cruel sneer typical to American evangelical conservatism becoming the dominant feature of Alberta conservatism. I don't want to be here if this place becomes MAGA Jr. And where does someone like me have left to go to anyway, considering how contemptuously my province has been treated by the rest of this country? It's a no-win scenario in every direction.
I'm amazed that Postmedia lets something like that go on at their properties. Seriously, it's as ridiculous as some of the nonsense put on display on right-wing Twitter in the US.
As for Alberta I fear for this province for the first time ever. Even more so given that I'll never have the money to leave if things get really bad. And not just economically-bad. We're already there and probably won't ever get out of it. I mean spiritually-bad, with that sort of cruel sneer typical to American evangelical conservatism becoming the dominant feature of Alberta conservatism. I don't want to be here if this place becomes MAGA Jr. And where does someone like me have left to go to anyway, considering how contemptuously my province has been treated by the rest of this country? It's a no-win scenario in every direction.
Come to BC brother. We’d be happy to have you.
I'm amazed that Postmedia lets something like that go on at their properties. Seriously, it's as ridiculous as some of the nonsense put on display on right-wing Twitter in the US.
As for Alberta I fear for this province for the first time ever. Even more so given that I'll never have the money to leave if things get really bad. And not just economically-bad. We're already there and probably won't ever get out of it. I mean spiritually-bad, with that sort of cruel sneer typical to American evangelical conservatism becoming the dominant feature of Alberta conservatism. I don't want to be here if this place becomes MAGA Jr. And where does someone like me have left to go to anyway, considering how contemptuously my province has been treated by the rest of this country? It's a no-win scenario in every direction.
Come to BC brother. We’d be happy to have you.
Saskatchewan would welcome you too. No vandalism either!