EDMONTON — Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains, said the...
EDMONTON — Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains, said the lawyer for ranchers seeking the information.
Teskey ruled the request for review was a delay tactic to avoid providing information the public is entitled to see. He also warned the government that the courts would resist granting future requests for such reviews if they were seen as ways to frustrate the public's right to know.Teskey also criticized what he called the government's "casual" approach to how many documents exist.
"If you want to come to the court and ask that fairness be done, you have to comply with the law in the first place," he said. "If you didn't comply with the law in the first place, don't come asking the courts to help make sure the law is followed."Nevertheless, he said there are no consequences to the government for further delaying the information release.Premier Danielle Smith has promised in the legislature that Teskey's ruling would be followed.
"I suspect there's lots of inappropriate conversations between lobbyists and representatives of certain coal companies and political staff and ministers, trying to cut a deal," she said. "I think we're going to find evidence were conspiring to work around the rules and giving them advice on how to do that."
"Danielle standing in the legislature saying we're going to co-operate then Brian Jean saying something else -- do they even know what the frick they're doing?" asked Smith. "They're wasting Albertans' time and money.""Maybe that's the strategy, to exhaust individuals. But they've picked the wrong ones.
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