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Cutting approval time and creating jobs

The Government of Alberta and Canada repeatedly speak of reducing regulatory timelines and processes to attract investment, ensure project certainty and create jobs. Perhaps the solution is not cutting red tape but hiring more Government Officials and private sector professionals to conduct, review, assess, make determinations, draft conditions and monitor for compliance! That would create many more jobs, even within the project, while strengthening and streamlining regulatory processes and environmental protection.

Additionally, First Nations and Metis should receive increased capacity funding to undertake assessments, meaningfully participate in the duty to consult and provide oversight and monitoring to ensure compliance. First Nations and Metis contribute to the Alberta economy, the funds they receive do not stay in their communities due to economic leakage. Indigenous oversight and guardianship is the solution to cumulative effects, loss of biodiversity and climate change!

Who are we Nation building for exactly? Canadians or corporations and their shareholders?

Concerns over the lack of Environmental Safeguards in the Canada-Alberta “One Project, One Review” Agreement

When it comes to the environment, jurisdiction sometimes becomes murky. I believe that this uncertainness is what’s causing Canada to be lacking in environmental protection. The Canada-Alberta Assessment Co-operation agreement is yet another policy that will continue putting the environment on the backburner. Canada is one nation and in areas where one province’s action will affect the ultimate success of the country negatively, the environment in this case, the Federal government must have jurisdiction or at the very least have strict policy and regulation along with it, to ensure provinces are placing the environment and Indigenous Rights at a high…

Weak legislative and regulatory procedure in Alberta

The Alberta Energy Regulator is riddled with systemic weaknesses. These weaknesses stem from structural conflicts of interest, inconsistent enforcement, lack of transparency and chronic under-performance in environmental protection. The 2024 Premier's Review of the AER has clearly documented these issues.Alberta's Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas (EPA) is responsible for environmental policy, monitoring, protected areas, water, wildlife, and climate related matters. The EPA is weak systemically, structurally and in policy; these weaknesses negatively affect environmental protection, cumulative effects management and Indigenous rights. The EPA administers Alberta's flagship environmental statute the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) this legislation is meant…

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