The RStar proposal, developed by an industry group, has been criticized by legal experts, energy economists and some of the province's own internal analysts.
program — a plan to give tax breaks to energy companies for fulfilling cleanup work they are already obliged to do — high on the government agenda.Initiative, a pro-Smith advocacy group, increased eightfold from companies associated with the energy industry after Smith became premier. While the Initiative says it does not support RStar, its founder previously worked with a group that promoted it.
For more than a year, Smith and her cabinet have been outspoken advocates of the plan, which would enable companies to use reclamation spending to gain credits against future royalty payments, despite that reclamation being a condition of their original drilling licence. Lee said he left the Network in late 2021 and hasn’t spoken regularly with Kinnear since last spring. The Initiative does not promote RStar, he said.However, the Initiative supports Smith and Smith supports RStar.
“Hi! This is Ann from Alberta First Initiative,” reads one Aug. 12 text. “Alberta has a rare opportunity to select a premier who will put Alberta First. Only Danielle Smith has shown a willingness to stand up to Ottawa.” Smith became premier on Oct. 11 and soon after wrote RStar into the job description of her first energy minister.Compared to the $37,500 the Initiative received in July through September of last year,Elections Alberta records show the group picked up $330,000 in the last three months of 2022. Of that, $200,000 was from energy companiesor those providing services to them.
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