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Originally Posted by Corral
Absolutely. The corrupt and inept Alberta Energy regulator sets the orphan levy on industry each year and sets it way too low to cover actual costs. No surprise there since the regulator depends on industry money to operate. So taxpayers had to ‘lend’ the OWA $200 million a couple years ago to try and cover reclamation costs.
Its a total failure.
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Lol
The feds gave 30 million to spur some jobs and then the NDP took the 30 million to pay interest costs and gave the OWA 235 million.
How is the levy too low? They spend their money every year. It’s not something you could just throw more money at and be solved.