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Genuine environment concerns

I have serious concerns with the Alberta government's commitment to environmental issues. A safe healthy environment is much less important to AB ucp which can easily be proven with their efforts to clean up abandoned oil wells. Destroying the environment to make money will harm not only the wildlife but affects human life dramatically. I would hope that ALL life in AB, especially the indigenous (who seem to be ignored) would be top priority over the growth of corporations.

Any Alberta project which affects water and/or fisheries should have federal oversight

The Alberta Government does not have a good reputation for handling due process for environmental impact from projects. I do not trust this government or the AER for proper environmental impact assessments. An example is the handling of the tailing pond spill into a water way in Northern Alberta Plans for massive coal mining projects in our Eastern Slopes Rockies which are extremely sensitive areas as they are the source of our headwaters coming down to the communities and farm lands have not had proper public input or input from environmental experts. These projects will use massive amounts of water…

Efficiency without environmental security

The proposed co-operation agreement is designed to streamline impact assessments under a “one project, one review” model. Improved efficiency is a worthwhile goal, however the current framework risks prioritizing speed over environmental protection.By allowing federal reliance on provincial processes, the agreement introduces a real risk: that national environmental standards, particularly around cumulative impacts, water systems, and biodiversity, may be inconsistently applied or weakened. Federal oversight exists to safeguard issues that extend beyond provincial boundaries. It should not be optional.Critical Gaps in the Current Approach- This agreement proposes no meaningful consideration of cumulative effects. Project-by-project assessments fail to capture the broader…

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