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In 1984, the Alberta Department of Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), was a complex multi-divisional organization, with a permanent staff of 2, 605 and a budget of $499 million, that was responsible for the management of energy, mineral, forest and fish and wildlife resources as well as public (crown owned lands) which constituted 62% of Alberta's land base. [2]
Minister of Energy Affiliation Name Date appointed Date departed Premier(s) Notes United Conservative: Brian Jean: June 9, 2023 Incumbent: Smith: United Conservative: Peter Guthrie: October 24, 2022 June 9, 2023 Smith: Title changed from Minister of Energy to Minister of Energy and Minerals during tenure. United Conservative: Sonya Savage ...
Alberta Premier Jason Kenny's commissioned the Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns on July 4, 2019, with a mandate to investigate foreign-funded efforts to undermine the oil and gas industry. [1] [2] [3] A forensic accountant—Steve Allan—was named as commissioner of the inquiry. [1]
There was an appeal before the Alberta Court of Appeal regarding the definition of an "advanced coal project" and the Energy Minister's influence on the AER's decision. [ 69 ] Ongoing litigation by Benga/Northback, Piikani Nation, and Stoney Nakoda Nations seek to overturn the provincial decisions that denied approval for the project.
As Minister of Energy and Minerals, Guthrie issued a ministerial order requiring the Alberta Energy Regulator to ensure that oil and gas companies paid outstanding municipal taxes before approving new licences or licence transfers. Under this order, companies had to confirm that their unpaid municipal taxes did not exceed the allowable ...
On October 21, 2022 [1] the cabinet was sworn in by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Salma Lakhani.Ministers in the newly formed cabinet who had held key ministries and responsibilities during the Premiership of Jason Kenney, included Jason Copping as Minister of Health, Tyler Shandro as Minister of Justice, Adriana LaGrange as Minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides as minister of ...
Premier Kenney established a one-year $2.5 million Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns [24] [25] and a Calgary-based $30 million 'war room' to "fight misinformation related to oil and gas". [26] Bill 32, Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act, 2020, was introduced by Labour Minister Copping, on July 7, 2020.
The Conservatives' former leader and ex–Prime Minister Stephen Harper, moved to Alberta in the 1980s and represented a Calgary riding; Rona Ambrose, the party's interim leader and Leader of the Opposition (2015–17), is also an Albertan. Alberta elected no Liberal MP 1958–1963, 1965–1968, 1972–1993, 2006–2015, 2019 to 2021.