tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post58739252125887487..comments2023-09-22T06:22:50.820-06:00Comments on Ken Chapman: Stelmach Still a Target of the Energy Sectorkenchapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11384045981190810115noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-10331826374696584592008-03-06T14:09:00.000-07:002008-03-06T14:09:00.000-07:00Sarcasm and irony does not always translate well i...Sarcasm and irony does not always translate well in print but you have done a wonderful job of overcoming that limitation in this comment. Thxkenchapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384045981190810115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-49803905160389128302008-03-06T14:07:00.000-07:002008-03-06T14:07:00.000-07:00Deborah Yedlin has been my second favourite journa...Deborah Yedlin has been my second favourite journalist for unintentional humour, although now that Paul Jackson seems to have completely vanished, maybe she'll have the top-spot. Her segments on CBC as part of the Business Panel make my morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-73905018789314242742008-03-06T13:46:00.000-07:002008-03-06T13:46:00.000-07:00Very good comment, Ken. The energy industry (well...Very good comment, Ken. The energy industry (well actually the petroleum industry) is having a hard time adjustng to the fact that they are being treated like a business operating IN the province, rather than operating the province itself. I have to give Premier Stelmach credit for approaching th royalty review from the perspective that the Alberta public is the owner of the resource and can set the terms of its development. While he wavered on that attitude during the election campaign (especially in his lame response to the CEMA letter) I hope we will see it return when the new cabinet is announced and we all get down to business.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, if the oil and gas companies want to play a role insetting the policy direction of the province, they could do worse than follow the lead of the corporate signatories to the CEMA letter. Too often the industry players sit on their hands when they could be contributing to good environmental decision-making. I suspect that that is a holdover from the oppressive Klein/Love days when policy initiatives were punished. It's time to see whether that approach has been left behind by the new gang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com