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| Published: September 28, 2007, 9:11 am |
| Tags: royalties, democratic deficit, oil, ed stelmach, alberta, tarsands, one party state, big oil |
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"We are not morons" was the screaming front page headline in the Edmonton Journal yesterdayAlberta's royalty review panel fired back Wednesday at industry critics of its report, arguing its call to hike energy royalties by 20 per cent is reasonable by global standards and based on sound data provided by the oilpatch itself.Since issuing its report to the Stelmach government last week, the panel led by former Al-Pac president Bill Hunter has been accused by some in the energy sector and investment community of basing its report's controversial conclusions on flawed math that doesn't reflect reality. Hunter and fellow panelists said the industry's arguments distort the real picture as they see it."We're not a bunch of morons, as is indicated by some of the folks who are fighting against us," Hunter said in a group interview with Journal columnists and reporters Wednesday. Nope they aren't morons, but the guys in the Tired Old Tory government are as another report showed today.The [ Full article ] |
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