Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.
Landowners in the Crowsnest Pass called it a betrayal: after successfully lobbying the Alberta government to put a moratorium on all coal exploration and development across the eastern slopes, it seems a controversial project at Grassy Mountain came back up for consideration. Sarah Offin explains.
The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes to more development generally for at least seven months before letting the public in on its plans. The Canadian Press has seen material released to a group of southern Alberta ranchers who have waged a four-year battle against Alberta Energy to understand why the province rescinded a decades-old policy protecting the Rockies from coal mines.A judge last week stymied government attempts to block further releases and the ranchers are now waiting for thousands more pages.
But the records already obtained refer repeatedly to meetings and communications with industry over the policy well before it was rescinded in May 2020.They show bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called “underinvestment” in the area.Inflation ticked higher in March.
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