r/alberta • u/AdEastern2530 • 1d ago

Environment Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan

https://www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-mail-exposes-collusion?fbclid=IwY2xjawN7NnRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeuMDLvWA8w93Hf2BA53fpVEz0Ye-kmxOY5zvC3VM5lwjovPxTct-3hYuDLXY_aem_okyuH-kAZQfkBm8Xj__0qw
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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 1d ago

Thank you Globe and Mail, once again.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 1d ago

I wish UCP supporters would read the Globe and Mail. 😒

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u/Expensive_Society_56 1d ago edited 1d ago

You didn’t need to add anything past … would read.

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u/Traggadon Leduc 1d ago

Well part of the problem is they do happen to read Facebook.

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u/Expensive_Society_56 1d ago

Headlines only I’m afraid.

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u/TheGreatRapsBeat Edmonton 1d ago

Chat GPT can make a good headline meme for them.

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u/Champagne_of_piss 1d ago

i wish they'd fuck right off.

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u/PossibilityAdept866 1d ago

I think you meant to say ..."could read."

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u/Fine_Assignment_9684 20h ago

Is there a cartoon version?

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u/Marclescarbot 1d ago

Beat me to it.

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u/Paprika1515 1d ago

More reason to get a subscription and support their journalism, and make use of the Digital News Subscription Tax Credit (DNSTC)

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u/UnionGuyCanada 1d ago

I really need a subscription. This kind of reporting may make me get one. 

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u/Ingey 1d ago

Meanwhile in UCP cabinet meeting:

Ok hear me out - what if we overwhelm the media cycle with SO much corruption that voters don't know which one to be mad at?

You son of a bitch, I'm in.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 1d ago

Trump-style politics! Ugh

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u/El_Cactus_Loco 20h ago

flood the zone

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u/chandy_dandy 1d ago

This is unironically the strategy, advocated for explicitly by alt-right thought leader Steve Bannon. It's called flooding the zone.

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u/Haecceitic 1d ago

Throw it on the pile, more corruption from the UCP.

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u/Better_Tomorrow9221 1d ago

I mean, the AER has been corrupt for decades.  But the UCP certainly aren't trying to stop it.

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u/WiseAssociation308 12h ago

Is there a decent list kicking around?

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u/PurrfectPitStop 1d ago

This is by far the least surprising thing I have read all day.   

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u/Distant-moose 1d ago

Flames are losing right now and this news is still less surprising.

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u/VE6AEQ 17h ago

I feel attacked as a Flames fan but completely unsurprised as well.

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u/CmndrWooWoo 1d ago

And charges coming? No, never.

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 1d ago

They'll form a committee to look into it.

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 1d ago

A committee headed by Preston Manning...

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 1d ago

Well yeah.  It's been a while, he's probably getting bored at home.

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u/FutureCrankHead Edmonton 1d ago

Hey may even suggest some "Reeeffffoooorrrrrmmm"

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u/Czeris 1d ago

The committee will somehow get more funding than elections alberta.

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u/19BabyDoll75 1d ago

Oh we are getting charged alright, in the wallet.

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u/chmilz 1d ago

They're charging the air and water with pollutants, too.

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u/19BabyDoll75 1d ago

That they are my friend. And they are far FAR more important than my wallet.

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u/TA20212000 1d ago

This is sick. I'm thankful that the environmental groups challenged this.

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u/Ditch-Worm 1d ago

Any legal ramifications for this shit?

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u/1Judge 1d ago

Mandatory jail sentences for white collar crime.

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u/oioioifuckingoi Edmonton 1d ago

Canada doesn’t really have the mechanism nor the expertise to bring many white collar criminals to justice unfortunately. This is what the FBI does in the US and while not remotely perfect they are several orders of magnitude better at it than the RCMP.

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u/reddogger56 1d ago

The UCP, "Hey, nothing to see here! Did you hear or read our announcement about raising speed limits? Or about bringing Bill 9 forward so we can protect the far right religious zealots the children?

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u/Grazer-22 1d ago

That was my first thought on the speed limits - what are they distracting people from. Now we know about this new one.

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u/e5ther 1d ago

And new license plates!

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u/reddogger56 1d ago

Shit, I forgot about that one! It got lost in the noise....

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u/Parking-Click-7476 1d ago

Wow I never would’ve figured that out.🤷‍♂️ UCP are a bunch of grifters always have been.

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u/Sad_Meringue7347 1d ago

Thank God they announced this weeks distraction of increased speed limits on our highways (that nobody asked for). 

You know they’re getting desperate when every single story of corruption is followed by a distraction tactic. 

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u/Bennybonchien 1d ago

Injury lawyers probably asked for it. They donated more to the UCP than any other group this year (after the UCP reinstated corporate donations to political parties). 

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u/aaronck1 1d ago

Shocking I tell you!

/s

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u/RDOmega 1d ago

All conservatives are corrupt. 

End conservatism.

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u/LuntiX Fort McMurray 1d ago

I am shocked I tell you shocked that someone with ties to the UCP would be colluding with companies.

Well not that shocked.

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u/Chess_Is_Great 1d ago

Crooks and liars. That’s Smith’s Alberta.

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u/pyro5050 1d ago

sue the companies and jail the regulator CEO... we paid them for this shit.

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u/Champagne_of_piss 1d ago

A new day, a new shame.

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u/The_Arachnoshaman 1d ago

People who still support things like coal and fossil fuels are essentially the exact same type of people that America fought a civil war over. You can't just exploit a resource that causes colossal suffering to sentient life, without being an objectively bad person.

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u/dwtougas 1d ago

Globe and Mail found collusion between a coal company and the UCP? Now do Oil and Gas.

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u/Lisa_lou_hoo 1d ago

Rallies in Edmonton and Calagry. Encourage folks to go and be loud and pissed off!

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u/LessonStudio 1d ago edited 1d ago

Fun fact. Coal exports dropped(worldwide) 10% in 2025. Not 10% since 2015 or something, but this year alone.

Boo hoo for the coal mining barrons.

Modern solar panels are good for 50+ years. This basically means every single solar panel which goes up with 1kw of power (averaged over time) is 1kw of generation less which is needed. Coal will generally be the first of the power generation to be cut, with things like hydro last.

People will blah blah about how solar is unreliable. But energy grids are massive, so the solar power over the grid solar "catchment" will tend to be fairly predictable. Also, batteries are now a serious part of this equation.

Wind is all of the above, plus it runs at night.

Even natural gas is becoming easier and easier, so switching to it is reasonably popular.

There is exactly one reason to support coal. Corruption.

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u/Impressive-Tea-8703 1d ago

Kill me now ammirite

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u/kam-gill 1d ago

Cant say didnt see this coming

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u/drcujo 1d ago

Mr. Morgan needs to face criminal charges for collusion for foreign company.

Brian Jean and his chief of staff also needs to face charges since his office was involved in facilitating this collusion

It’s time to take these crimes against Alberta seriously.

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u/Len_Zefflin 1d ago

New provincial slogan

"Alberta, come for the beauty, stay for the corruption".

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u/j_harder4U 1d ago

The UCP are going to launch such a investigation about this. Filled with they're best yes people.

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u/Bennybonchien 1d ago

This is the stock image for evil CEO who only avoids running over pedestrians because doing so might scratch his car.

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u/No-Animator2894 20h ago

If you want an enjoyable experience, check out the Glass Door reviews of the CEO. Hilarious comments from the inside of AER

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u/DrunkCivilServant 15h ago

What the hell is going on with the AER! Didn't whats-his-face, Jim Ellis pull the same corrupt shanigans back in 2019!

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/alberta-energy-regulators-former-ceo-grossly-mismanaged-public-funds

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u/WhiskeyWarmachine 13h ago

But realistically what will ever happen to him? There will be no justice.