First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; Guibeault promises reform
First Nations blast Alberta Energy Regulator at hearing; Guibeault promises reform

By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Chiefs of First Nations affected by releases of wastewater from an oilsands mine excoriated Alberta’s regulatory system at a House of Commons committee hearing, calling it a system that serves theindustry and not the public.   “The (Alberta Energy Regulator) has zero credibility outside Calgary’s echo chamber,” Daniel Stuckless of the Fort McKay Metis Nation said in Ottawa on Monday.   “They actively dismiss and downplay impacts of oilsands on communities and their aboriginal and treaty rights.”   Chief Alan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation went further outside the committee room.   “The Alberta system, when it comes to the Alberta regulator, is completely broken and should be dismantled,” he said.   Ottawa, too, shares culpability by failing to enforce environmental

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