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Originally Posted by bizaro86
On a note unrelated to ridiculous made up quotations or rhetorical devices: what was the deal with the contract for Pembina?
Is there a summary anywhere of what they're actually getting hired to do and how much we're paying them. I would generally be opposed to giving an anti-oil lobbying group municipal contracts for anything, but they don't seem especially qualified to give PR advice if that's what they were hired for. Why not hire a regular PR firm?
I've only seen second hand innuendo and vitriol though, so if I'm missing something I'd love to be corrected.
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Pembina posted this response on their website today that explains it well:
http://www.pembina.org/blog/748
It's funny that they were hired in 2009, before Nenshi was even elected.
As it says, they delivered a complete report document. It's not unrealistic to expect them to have employed editors, graphic designers, and other communications people to put together the final document. I believe Levant himself even stated that the bulk of the charges to the city were by the lead researcher, and that the communications people, although numerous, didn't charge that much time overall. That is perfectly logical for a document of this size.