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Alberta Environment is part of Canada's Environment

Just at a time when the Alberta government is abandoning the protection of the environment to the greed of industry, we need the Federal government to play their very important and critical role in protection of the environment. Every single province requires the balance of federal oversight if we are to maintain consistent and meaningful protections across the whole of the country. Please, Federal government, do not turn away from your responsibilities of permitting, regulating and monitoring our environment.

Fox in the Henhouse

I want to appeal to the Federal Government to continue their important role in environmental assessment, permitting, monitoring and regulation. We have a semblance of all of those in Alberta but the current situation with coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies makes it abundantly clear that regulations are not being followed or enforced. At this particularly critical time for our environment, please do not abandon our province to its own devices.

Concerned about Draft Co-operation Agreement - negative effects on wildlife, land, water, and Indigenous Peoples

To whom it may concern,As an Albertan, I am deeply disappointed about the recent draft Co-operation Agreement between Alberta and Canada on Environmental and Impact Assessment. Large resource and infrastructure projects pose considerable risks to lands and waters that impact key areas of jurisdiction and responsibility of the Government of Canada. I have significant concerns about the federal government downloading its responsibilities to a provincial regulatory system that is not designed to meaningfully enforce federal legislation or address federal interests and is not trusted by the public. If Alberta defines the scope of a project narrowly, or downplays certain risks…

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