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| Tar Sands to be Regulated by Paid Shills of the Oil Companies | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 27 2013, 07:37 AM (320 Views) | |
| Brewster | Dec 27 2013, 07:37 AM Post #1 |
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LINK So the people regulating the Tarsands will be paid by the people who want to exploit it to the maximum. Now What Could Possibly Go Wrong With That? Edited by Brewster, Dec 27 2013, 07:39 AM.
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| Pat | Dec 27 2013, 09:18 AM Post #2 |
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The fox guarding the chickens. A clear message that anything goes. |
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| Neutral | Dec 27 2013, 09:22 AM Post #3 |
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Money and common sense trumps scammers! |
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| Brewster | Dec 27 2013, 09:23 AM Post #4 |
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'fraid so, Pat. The Conservatives may have just signed their death warrant. The only thing that might save them is that their closest competitors, the Wild Rose Party, is even more conservative than they are, and will have trouble fighting this development without alienating their own base. Edited by Brewster, Dec 27 2013, 12:51 PM.
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| Neutral | Dec 27 2013, 09:24 AM Post #5 |
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Another Brew prediction that most likely will not come to fruition. |
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| colo_crawdad | Dec 27 2013, 09:36 AM Post #6 |
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Brew, It looks as if many on the the right will consistently allow big oil money to trump common sense and even human lives. |
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| Neutral | Dec 27 2013, 09:48 AM Post #7 |
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I suppose canooks will vote their wallets the same as everyone else does. |
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| Berton | Dec 27 2013, 10:58 PM Post #8 |
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Governance The AER’s governance structure is designed to achieve benefits of both strong corporate oversight and independent adjudication. The corporate, operational, and governance responsibilities have been separated from adjudicative functions (i.e., hearings on energy applications); this is a significant change from the ERCB model, where these functions were combined. Chair and Board of Directors The AER is headed by a chair, who leads a board of directors, all appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and all part-time directors of the AER. The chair and the board of directors are not involved in the AER’s day-to-day operations and decisions. Rather, the directors set the general direction of the regulator’s business affairs and are charged with approving regulatory change and setting performance expectations for the AER and its chief executive officer (CEO). In this way the AER’s board operates as a truly “corporate-style” board. Chief Executive Officer The current CEO was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council upon the chair’s recommendation; in the future, the board of directors will appoint the CEO, subject to ministerial approval. The CEO, who reports directly to the chair, oversees day-to-day operations, which include receiving and making decisions - and delegating decision making - on applications, monitoring and investigating energy resource activities for compliance, and closure of energy developments, including remediation and reclamation. Hearing Commissioners Hearing commissioners represent another key part of the AER’s structure. Reporting to a chief hearing commissioner, the commissioners are responsible for the AER’s adjudicative functions, acting as the decision makers on major applications and conducting hearings. The commissioners are also involved in developing the organization’s hearing procedures and rules. Hearing commissioners are independent adjudicators and their decisions are generally only overturned by the Court of Appeal of Alberta. Code of Conduct and Ethics AER Board of Directors, Hearing Commissioners, and employees are bound by a code of conduct and ethics. AER implementation Creating the AER is a complex undertaking that requires careful implementation. For this reason, the Government of Alberta is taking the time to ensure a well-managed transition using a three-phased approach. Phase 1, which occurred in June 2013, involved the government proclaiming certain sections of the Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA), resulting in the launch of the AER and its new governance model. Phase 2 begins the transfer of additional responsibilities to the AER, beginning with public land and geophysical jurisdiction and the Private Surface Agreements Registry. New rules and processes for public engagement and participation will be in effect as of November 30, 2013. In Phase 3 all environmental and water jurisdictions under REDA will come into force and will be transferred to the AER. This phase represents the final step in creating a single regulator for upstream oil, oil sands, natural gas, and coal development in Alberta. All phases will be completed by spring 2014. The AER’s funding The AER is 100 per cent funded by industry and is authorized to collect funds through an administrative fee levied on oil and gas wells, oil sands mines, and coal mines. The industry-funded model is commonly used by regulatory agencies from various sectors across North America. - See more at: http://www.aer.ca/about-aer/governance#sthash.62mcr7fl.dpuf |
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| campingken | Dec 28 2013, 01:49 AM Post #9 |
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Greed is, unfortunately, the strongest human instinct. |
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| Neutral | Dec 28 2013, 03:32 AM Post #10 |
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Yep, that's why Brew is too cheap to buy a Volt. |
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