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Week ending 21 Aug 2009 Vol 24, No 1
Feature Article: Two former senior officials in the Utilities Consumer Advocate office say the province's electricity market desperately needs reform; their stories also suggest there's been a highly dysfunctional relationship inside their corner of the bureaucracy. (Electricity market structure criticized: First media report, Preliminary media report on officials' departure, 2001 Report magazine report on electricity deregulation, Utilities Consumer Advocate website)
Also in this week's edition:
- We review highlights of what's been a busy summer, beginning with a startling and unequivocal pledge by the premier that he will never increase taxes. (Alberta government's 2008-09 annual report: Summary, Detailed reports, Alberta Health Services budget).
- Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Guy Boutilier has fallen all the way from promising cabinet minister to back-row status as a member without a party; he probably has one way to keep himself relevant. (Official biography, Boutlier on bubble?, Boutilier complains about long-term care funding)
- A five-member electoral boundaries commission heads the list of recent government appointments.
- The byelection in Calgary-Glenmore will be held Sept. 14; there's a plausible winning case for three of the candidates. (Complaints about voting date, Diane Colley-Urquhart (Progressive Conservative), Avalon Roberts (Alberta Liberal), Paul Hinman (Wildrose Alliance) website, Social Credit website)
- Two deputy ministers trade places; the reason isn't clear but the most probable explanations aren't good news for anyone outside the cabinet office.
- Further secrecy around the government's internal audit team.
- The Inspiring Education exercise loses a key official but shows signs of injecting new ideas into the way Albertans think about schools.
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