Soooo... Commissioner Allan has released (i) rules for procedure & participation and (ii) a ruling on his interpretation of the Alberta Inquiry& #39;s Terms of Reference: https://albertainquiry.ca/engagement-process">https://albertainquiry.ca/engagemen... #ableg 1/n
It& #39;s late so I will reserve more detailed commentary for later, but 1st impression is that the Commissioner is trying to duck whole parts of his ToR (excerpts below). He& #39;s also not planning on public hearings, needs *another* extension (beyond Oct 30), & may need even more $. 2/n
It& #39;s late so I will reserve more detailed commentary for later, but 1st impression is that the Commissioner is trying to duck whole parts of his ToR (excerpts below). He& #39;s also not planning on public hearings, needs *another* extension (beyond Oct 30), & may need even more $. 2/n
It& #39;s late so I will reserve more detailed commentary for later, but 1st impression is that the Commissioner is trying to duck whole parts of his ToR (excerpts below). He& #39;s also not planning on public hearings, needs *another* extension (beyond Oct 30), & may need even more $. 2/n
It& #39;s late so I will reserve more detailed commentary for later, but 1st impression is that the Commissioner is trying to duck whole parts of his ToR (excerpts below). He& #39;s also not planning on public hearings, needs *another* extension (beyond Oct 30), & may need even more $. 2/n
A few preliminary thoughts. Para 7 basically reduces the Inquiry into whether a group opposed "some level" of O&G development in AB. That seems untenable: most -- if not all -- of the controversy has been over the scope & pace of development. 3/n
Para 8 seems to carve out climate change as a motivating factor. Presumably such opposition wld not be "Anti-Albertan" in the "geographic sense" (?), bearing in mind AB& #39;s above average GHG emissions. In any event, merely being anti-oil is not anti-Albertan, according to Allan.4/n
Paras 9/10 explain why ToR were changed over the summer: the Commissioner has little interest in verifying whether a group& #39;s info was false or misleading. This would require a huge "scientific inquiry" .... like these? (i) https://rsc-src.ca/en/environmental-and-health-impacts-canadas-oil-sands-industry;">https://rsc-src.ca/en/enviro... (ii) https://cca-reports.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OilSandsExecSummEn.pdf">https://cca-reports.ca/wp-conten...
So the Inquiry has spent 14 months & https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben">$3 million to get to a point where it may eventually report on the foreign funding of groups opposed to "some level" of O&G dev& #39;t in AB and whose position(s) (e.g. that scope & pace of dev& #39;t exceeded reg. capacity) may well be justifiable.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann">
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