Alberta, what to say...

04-13-2009, 08:37 PM

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Stranger than Fiction: The Bre-X Gold Scandal | CBC Archives
Bre-X Minerals Ltd. was first incorporated and listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange in 1989
http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_busin...s/topics/1211/

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http://www.albertasecurities.com/Enf...2007-07-03.pdf

Memories of ruthless firings of whistle-blowers, the anonymous letters to the government from fearful but alarmed employees within the ASC, allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour in executive offices--all of it was still very much present in the reporters' minds. As were the secret reports on ASC activities, buried out of sight from the public, and alleged attempts by ASC management to thwart the work of the auditor general in investigating them.
http://www.westernstandard.ca/websit...le.php?id=1282

April 9-09. The 36-page ruling, released Thursday, ends a 10-year battle between the oil executives and securities regulators in one of the biggest corporate scandals in the Canadian oilpatch industry. They were the CEO and CFO of Blue Range when the breaches took place in 1998 and 1997.
http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/nat...tml?id=1482681

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"Bill Kaufmann also usually covers issues of provincial politics, and I fear that in Alberta, that's a recipe for obscurity as well. The excitement generated around Alberta politics, in the general public I mean, couldn't be measured with the most sensitive of instrumentation. In today's column,* he discusses the recent move by Klein to lock down government information even tighter with their recent law to keep ministerial briefings secret for 5 years. As Kaufmann pointed out "That sounds suspiciously like Lyle Oberg's closeted skeletons. Do tell.

"What makes all this so ironic is that we make so much noise about democracy in the outside world. We whine and complain about AdScam moneys being wasted, and crow for full disclosure of the details. All the while, no one mentions the MASSIVE Alberta Securities Commission scandal investigation that's been going for since Don Getty's regime largely because of government stonewalling. We whine about '12 years of Liberal one-party democracy in Ottawa' all the while ignoring the fact that the same political ideology has ruled Alberta for more than HALF A CENTURY. The irony is, no one even notices the irony.
http://elronsviewfromtheedge.wordpre...erta-politics/

Mon, May 22, 2006

New dark age
Alberta Tories not ashamed of increased secrecy
By Bill Kaufmann

Accountability is for suckers and those without absolute power. That's the case in Alberta, where the natural ruling party is set to push though privacy legislation to keep the inner doings of the elected employees secret from their employers, the latter otherwise known as the voting public.

Tory proponents of diminished transparency aren't even the least bit bashful about extinguishing access to ministerial briefing notes for five years....

04-13-2009, 08:37 PM	#1
no caste Guest Posts: n/a	Alberta, what to say... alberta stock exchange - alberta securities commisson - Stranger than Fiction: The Bre-X Gold Scandal \| CBC Archives Bre-X Minerals Ltd. was first incorporated and listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange in 1989 http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_busin...s/topics/1211/ innovative http://www.albertasecurities.com/Enf...2007-07-03.pdf Memories of ruthless firings of whistle-blowers, the anonymous letters to the government from fearful but alarmed employees within the ASC, allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour in executive offices--all of it was still very much present in the reporters' minds. As were the secret reports on ASC activities, buried out of sight from the public, and alleged attempts by ASC management to thwart the work of the auditor general in investigating them. http://www.westernstandard.ca/websit...le.php?id=1282 April 9-09. The 36-page ruling, released Thursday, ends a 10-year battle between the oil executives and securities regulators in one of the biggest corporate scandals in the Canadian oilpatch industry. They were the CEO and CFO of Blue Range when the breaches took place in 1998 and 1997. http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/nat...tml?id=1482681 utilities utilities, spying alberta treasury board - pocklington atco transalta utilities --------------------------------------- "Bill Kaufmann also usually covers issues of provincial politics, and I fear that in Alberta, that's a recipe for obscurity as well. The excitement generated around Alberta politics, in the general public I mean, couldn't be measured with the most sensitive of instrumentation. In today's column,* he discusses the recent move by Klein to lock down government information even tighter with their recent law to keep ministerial briefings secret for 5 years. As Kaufmann pointed out "That sounds suspiciously like Lyle Oberg's closeted skeletons. Do tell. "What makes all this so ironic is that we make so much noise about democracy in the outside world. We whine and complain about AdScam moneys being wasted, and crow for full disclosure of the details. All the while, no one mentions the MASSIVE Alberta Securities Commission scandal investigation that's been going for since Don Getty's regime largely because of government stonewalling. We whine about '12 years of Liberal one-party democracy in Ottawa' all the while ignoring the fact that the same political ideology has ruled Alberta for more than HALF A CENTURY. The irony is, no one even notices the irony. http://elronsviewfromtheedge.wordpre...erta-politics/ Mon, May 22, 2006 New dark age Alberta Tories not ashamed of increased secrecy By Bill Kaufmann Accountability is for suckers and those without absolute power. That's the case in Alberta, where the natural ruling party is set to push though privacy legislation to keep the inner doings of the elected employees secret from their employers, the latter otherwise known as the voting public. Tory proponents of diminished transparency aren't even the least bit bashful about extinguishing access to ministerial briefing notes for five years....