Over in Alberta, Jason Kenney’s McCarthy-esque Committee on un-Albertan Activities received its terms of reference and will begin taking submissions, and just like the MacKinnon Report, it was gamed to specifically look at anything that was being mean to the oil and gas sector while studiously avoiding any falsehoods used by the oil and gas lobby to state their own case. And it’s all going into feeding their “war room” to “fight back” against those un-Albertan activities. Because this is totally normal for a democratic government in the western world.
They're also really keen on transparency. Just not for themselves. pic.twitter.com/7GacU2UlQA
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) September 9, 2019
This may be my favorite part of the Terms of Reference of the Inquiry into un-Albertan activities. pic.twitter.com/3NPxrYGlIP
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) September 9, 2019
FAQ: What is the relationship between the inquiry into un-Albertan activities and the War Room.
A: Nothing, please go away.
Terms of Reference 2(3)(b) : The inquiry is mandated to help the war room, i.e. "enable GoA to respond effectively to any anti-Alberta energy campaigns " pic.twitter.com/PZImuxtTLF
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) September 9, 2019
Does this mean that if you're trying to frustrate either untimely, inefficient, and/or irresponsible development of oil and gas resources, you're not considered un-Albertan? Seems to me that there's a lot of subjectivity in that clause… 2/2
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) September 9, 2019