By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Ernst v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board): The gatekeeper is alive and well Case Commented On: Ernst v Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2014 ABCA 285 This comment adds to the earlier post by Martin Olszynski (here) on the Ernst litigation against Alberta Environment, the Alberta Energy Regulator/Energy Resources Conservation […]
By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Revisiting Regulatory Negligence: The Ernst Fracking Litigation Case Commented On: Ernst v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2014 ABCA 285 On September 15, 2014, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Ernst v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board). Ms. Ernst owns land near Rosebud, Alberta, and is suing […]
By: Lorian Hardcastle PDF Version: Recent Health System Reforms: Sustainability Measures or a Push to Privatization? Matter Commented On: Recent health policy changes in Alberta Health care costs are undoubtedly a pressing policy issue, with Alberta spending an estimated $7658 per person in 2019. Since the election, the UCP has taken various steps to aggressively […]
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Abandonment Expenses are for the Joint Account Case Commented On: Spyglass Resources Corp v Bonavista Energy Corporation, 2017 ABQB 504 (CanLII) In this decision Justice Jones rejected a series of technical arguments raised by the receiver of Spyglass (Ernst and Young) to resist payment of abandonment costs. The receiver had argued […]
By: Shaun Fluker and Sharon Mascher PDF Version: The Alberta Energy Regulator in the Post-Information World: Best-in-Class? Statement Commented On: Alberta Energy Regulator Public Statement 2017-01-13 As readers will know, on Friday January 13, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Ernst v Alberta Energy Regulator, 2017 SCC 1 (CanLII) and our colleague […]
