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October 1, 2007 - Auditor
General's Report
“Departmental technical staff
assure us that they have held the
view that Alberta has not been collecting
its appropriate share since 2000.”
- Page
123, Volume 1
“Beginning at least three
years ago, the Department (of Energy)
demonstrated that Alberta’s
share had fallen below its target
range. The Department estimates
that it could collect an additional
$1 billion or more per year without
stifling industry profitability.”
- Page
91, Volume 1
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September 18, 2007 - Royalty Review Panel's Final Report
"Albertans do not receive their
fair share from energy development."
- Bill Hunter,
Panel Chair | Opening line,
Page 1 |
May 01, 2007 - Question period exchange
Mr. Macdonald: "How
many millions of dollars have been
lost due to this government’s
failure to collect a fair share
of royalties on behalf of Albertans?
How much money have you squandered
and lost?"
Mr. Knight: Mr. Speaker,
absolutely none.
- Hugh
Macdonald, Liberal Opposition questioning
Mel Knight, Energy Minister |
In the Alberta legislature
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April 30, 2007 - Energy Minister
in the legislature
“…There
is nothing in any of those documents
that would indicate to anybody that
we have not collected a fair share
of royalties for Albertans.”
- Mel Knight
| In response to a Liberal
opposition question |
April 19, 2007
"When this royalty review is
completed, it will become very clear
that Albertans have been well served
by the system, and they will continue
to be well served by the system."
- Mel Knight,
Energy Minister | During question
period in the legislature |
July 13, 2006 - Ralph Klein
"I don't know if it was completed
or not, nor do I
give a tinker's damn whether it was
completed or not. I've always been
satisfied that our royalty regime
is proper and right. We do get our
pound of flesh."
- Ralph Klein
| In response when asked if
his government had launched an informal
review of energy
royalties |
July 13, 2006 - Tories question review took place
"My understanding was the review
was postponed."
- David
Hancock | Former advanced
education minister
"I wasn't aware that it had
been done either. I would love to
see it."
- Lyle
Oberg | Finance minister
"I don't think anything was
reported -- at least not to me."
- Ed Stelmach
| Premier and past intergovernmental
relations minister
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July 12, 2006
“…That’s what royalty
regimes are designed upon: to ensure
that we get our fair share of the
economic rent or the excess profit.
That has been accomplished in our
structure.”
- Greg Melchin
| Energy Minister at the time,
in response to an opposition question
in the Alberta Legislature. |
July 11, 2006
We've looked at royalties for quite
a while on a number of fronts and
we've come back in the interim and
decided that we do get a fair share
in Alberta."
- Greg Melchin
| Announcing the Alberta government,
after internal reviews, will not raise
royalty rates |
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