The NDP says there is a clear conflict of interest in the premier’s office as Danielle Smith hired Kris Kinnear — director of Sustaining Alberta’s Energy Network (SAEN) — as a special project manager.

Kinnear — like Smith — lobbied for the controversial Liability Management Incentive Program (formerly known as RStar) and was one of the minds behind the oil well clean-up program.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9555306/alberta-ndp-danielle-smith-kris-kinnear-rstar/ #abpoli #RStar #corruption #politics

#BrianJeanAB knows all about scandals.

How come this #Alberta "champion:" ignores the daily scandals emanating from his dishonest boss?

Hey, Brian, are we getting a good deal from your boss' #RStar gift to profitable oil companies? Do you have the guts to answer this fair question?

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

#SusanOnTheSoapbox: "Albertans are asking a lot of questions about #RStar, the $100 million pilot program designed to give owners of inactive wells a royalty credit on new wells if they clean up their old wells which they’re legally obligated to clean up in the first place."

#OILigarchy #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmith #OrphanOilwells #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Alberta #BigOil

https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2023/02/26/the-day-premier-smith-lost-all-credibility/

With the Alberta government facing pushback to its plan to give oil and gas companies a royalty break to clean up old well sites, questions are mounting about how the program will function and who, ultimately, will pay for it.

Confusion, lack of clarity dog Alberta plans to clean up old well sites | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/andrew-leach-scotiabank-rstar-danielle-smith-orphan-wells-1.6746582 #abpoli #politics #Rstar #GiveAway #smith #royalities

Markham interviews Duane Bratt, professor of political science, Mount Royal University, about the Liability Management Incentive Program, announced last week and previously known as RStar, that will see Alberta oil and gas companies receive $100 million to clean up wells they are already legally obliged to remediate.

RStar update: Is Premier Danielle Smith corrupt? Yes, says political scientist - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYSP8z6DIE #abpoli #Rstar #lobbyist #unehtical #legal #corrupt

'‘How a Fox would design a henhouse’: #Alberta rural leaders on oil well cleanup plan

#PaulMcLauchlin also says the proposed #RStar program would have such profound implications for future revenues that it deserves to be a ballot issue.

“Is (RStar) for Albertans or is it for the industry?” McLauchlin said Thursday. “When I look at it, it is exactly how a fox would design a henhouse.”'

#abpoli #ableg #RuralAlberta #cdnpoli

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/10/how-a-fox-would-design-a-henhouse-alberta-rural-leaders-on-oil-well-cleanup-plan.html

#PressProgress: "#DanielleSmith is Pushing The Same $20 Billion Corporate Giveaway She Pushed as a Corporate Lobbyist

Both Smith and Energy Minister #PeterGuthrie have endorsed the #RStar pilot program, which would transfer $20 billion for #OilAndGas companies to “incentivize” them to clean up their well sites – something they are already obligated to do under the law."

#OILigarchy #abpoli #ableg #OrphanOilwells #Alberta

https://pressprogress.ca/danielle-smith-is-pushing-the-same-20-billion-corporate-giveaway-she-pushed-as-a-corporate-lobbyist/

Rural Alberta politicians push back on abandoned well proposal, inaction on unpaid property taxes | CBC News

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