Reading Time: 4 minutes By throttling questions she doesn’t like, Smith is forgetting that the media plays a critical role in ensuring democracy works
Tag: Smith government
Little evidence Alberta energy panel engaging with the public
Reading Time: 4 minutes Any plan of any substance needs to be a plan in which Albertans see a reflection of themselves and the energy future they want
Millions of Alberta taxpayer dollars squandered on Tylenol substitute
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Smith government may have had good intentions when purchasing the medication. But …
Alberta inactive assets trial balloon shot down
Reading Time: 5 minutes Cleaning up inactive assets continues to hang over the energy sector like a dark cloud
Alberta budget deserves a thumbs up
Reading Time: 3 minutes While the 2023 budget may be an election budget, taxpayers have a lot to be happy about
Alberta’s blueprint for its energy future works in the shadows
Reading Time: 4 minutes Premier Smith’s retread energy panel seemingly only out to please only one particular constituency
Smith’s energy panel representative of a by-gone era
Reading Time: 5 minutes Where are the wind players, the solar players, the geothermal players, the First Nation communities, the young professionals?
Alberta premier’s latest scheme blares BOONDOGGLE (ALL CAPS)
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Liability Management Incentive Program is both bad politics and bad policy
In hindsight, Smith, Trudeau and Tory should have known better
Reading Time: 4 minutes But, as Margeret Thatcher wrote, hindsight is “sadly denied to practicing politicians
The “bass-ackward” state of energy transition in Canada
Reading Time: 5 minutes Until politicians get out of the driver’s seat, we will never get energy transition right