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Week ending 20 Nov 2009 Vol 24, No 14
Feature Article: A swift regulatory remake at the Energy Resource Conservation Board highlights a raft of issues concerning the relationship between the government and its many semi-independent agencies.
Also in this week's edition:
- Political debate seems to be rising in Alberta; the main parties are not always in control. (Reboot Alberta website, Red Deer Advocate - article on Reboot, Nov. 24 meeting on power lines)
- The government is using up more of its political capital on Bill 50 than expected. (Discussion paper by EDC Associates for the Utilities Consumer Advocate on electricity transmission, PDF, 1.1 MB, NDP release on the paper, University of Calgary School of Public Policy paper on Bill 50 and transmission policy, PDF, 112 KB, Government amendments to Bill 50)
- A second check on the two-year-old increase in charitable tax credits finds the change had little or no effect.
- A prominent government backbencher makes a strong stand in question period.
- The Liberal leader has a moment before hundreds of rural politicians, but doesn't seize it.
- The premier drops hints about the outcome of the energy industry competitiveness review.
- A film studio for Calgary would lock in permanent subsidies for the industry. (Alberta film development program)
- Prominent names join Alberta's new lobbyist registry, starting with a former energy minister.
- A committee recommends a new, but strangely old, candidate to become chief electoral officer.
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