Folks, I think I figured out why the GoA and O&G pundits are so upset about the changes to the Competition Act (re: #greenwashing) — a big clue lies in the wreckage of Jason Kenney & Steve Allan’s infamous Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns: 1/n 🧵 #cdnpoli #ableg First, let’s take a moment to appreciate that the gov’t that brought you the least transparent (no public hearings, no publication of interviewees or their evidence) inquiry, that equated environmentalism w/ disloyalty, is now using terms like “gag order” & “Orwellian”. 2/n

Ugh, I hate to ask like this but can folks ‘like’ & RT the sh!t out of Ryan’s tweet so that there is no doubt that we want him to ask her clear & pointed questions re: the O&G sector’s hundred *BILLION* dollar liability problem? #ableg

https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ/status/1768006172827680929

Questions like:
- how is it in anyway acceptable for the AER to deliberately withhold information from Albertans about the true scope & severity of the problem — for years now:
calgaryherald.com/business/energ…

Important thread re: the shortage of physicians coming to AB. Elections do indeed have consequences -- across the board. And I wholeheartedly agree that this election may be the most consequential in decades. #ableg

https://twitter.com/JMeddings/status/1651991987594338306

When I came to AB 10 yrs ago, my focus was firmly on enviro law & policy. That's still a dumpster fire, but I'm increasingly preoccupied w/ more basic stuff, esp. the rule of law. From the Allan Inquiry to the Sovereignty Act, we've seen ⬆️ attacks on basic democratic norms.

Apparently, Steve Allan is not sufficiently embarrassed of his role in the circus that was the Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta energy campaigns, so here are some reminders #ableg! 1/4

calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… The 1st is an excerpt from his own Rules of Procedure, which make abundantly clear that he has ZERO business lecturing anyone on transparency: secret interviews, slicing & dicing the public record at whim, omitting relevant evidence re: oil sands' enviro performance: 2/4

Dear #ableg -- you already have every reason to doubt the competence of the @AER_news. I am afraid it will only get worse ⤵️.

And to be clear -- this isn't an attack on public servants. The accountabilities are at the top -- always.

https://twitter.com/AuditorGenAB/status/1639011516098940928

I am not even going to bother threading this thing because it would be 20 tweets long and still wouldn't cut it. It is regulatory capture or systemic incompetence -- take your pick.

Alright, monster 🧵 re: oil sands liabilities (remediation & reclamation costs) & why it's currently more likely than not that Albertans will be stuck holding the >$130 billion bill & First Nations will inherent a permanently scarred landscape: edmonton.ctvnews.ca/first-nations-… 1/10 #ableg Last year, AB Env. & Protected Areas (AEP) & the AB Energy Regulator (AER) launched a review of the Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP) that is supposed to protect Albertans from the remediation & reclamation costs associated w/ oil sands mining: google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j… 2/n

Hey Albertans -- tune into this, OK? The whole thing. The first part will be painful for some, the second part will be painful for others, but it's actually a really important conversation, OK? #ableg

https://twitter.com/AlbertaatNoon/status/1615380397176623106

And as you listen along, feel free to peruse the Ministerial briefing package that started this particular sh!tstorm: open.canada.ca/data/en/datase…

Historic in its meaningless I suppose.

Memo for ya @PremierScottMoe: your problem is not w/ the scope & breadth of your own legislative authority, which this bill largely just restates, but w/ the fed’s authority. Alas, try as you might, you can’t change that — no prov. can.

https://twitter.com/PremierScottMoe/status/1587616843979972608

The SCC has been clear: the environment is a matter of shared jurisdiction. It falls under the legislative authority of both levels of gov’t. #skpoli can affect it through s. 92 & 92A, but the feds also have jurisdiction under 91: fisheries, navigation, transboundary effects.

Me: Alright I’ve seen enough. #ableg’s conservatives are on the verge of electing a tyrant.

You: Woah man. Don’t you think you’re exaggerating a bit? 🙄

Me: No. And here’s a relatively short Twitter thread for why @ABDanielleSmith is indeed a wannabe tyrant. 1/10 1st, what do I mean by tyrant?

The concentration of power in a single person or group by co-opting or disabling external mechanisms of accountability (AKA “checks & balances”) ⤵️ (from Tim Snyder’s book).

Tyranny can lead to very bad things, but we’ll deal w/ that later. 2/10

Alright -- last one from me on this SK/ECCC water incident. @CTVNews reached out. I told them the weekend amendment to the Trespass to Property Regs -- which now define "persons" as "the Crown in right of Canada" -- was meaningless pandering: regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2… 1/n #skpoli From the clip, it appears that CTV reached out to Scott Moe's office for his response re: whether the amendment actually changed anything. To which they responded as follows: 2/n