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6 Tuesday June 30 2015 POLITICS REGULATORY Everyone has a responsibility to protect their property from wildfire. Environment and Natural Resources ENR invites people who have or are taking steps to protect their valuable assets on the land to enter the FireSmart Starts in Your Backyard contest. FireSmart Starts in Your Backyard Contest To enter the contest you must Make sure you have registered your property as a Value at Risk with ENR. Provide photos of your cabin or home before using FireSmart treatments. FireSmart your property. Provide photos of your property after using FireSmart treatments. Email all information to ENR_firesmart_contestgov.nt.ca. You could win a pump hoses and sprinklers to help protect your property from wildfire. The FireSmart Starts in Your Backyard Contest runs until September 1 2015. Draw for the winner will be done September 4 2015. 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Avalon Fawn domestic long hair Looking for a new home SpayedNeutered Up-to-date with routine shots House trained Avalon is a lovely girl who is just a princess. She loves being brushed and just about any attention. Avalon will make a great addition to any family. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. 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She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Miss Stache is a sophisticated and cute little lady. Isnt she just precious If you brought her home shed be so happy and give you cuddles. SpayedNeutered Up-to-date with routine shots House trained Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. Miss Stache Black and white Looking for a new home Alberta NDP to review mandate of energy regulator By MEAGAN WOHLBERG Just three years after Al- bertasregulatorybodieswere combined to create a singular energy regulator the prov- inces new NDP leadership is proposing to re-divide re- sponsibilitiestoensureaclear division between energy and the environment. Premier Rachel Notley ex- pressed concern last week over what she called the conicting mandate of the Alberta Energy Regulator AER which she said is re- sponsible for protecting the environment while at the same time promoting oil and gas development. Whats troubling about the AER is it has actually taken over responsibility for most of the environmental protection and monitoring part and standards devel- opment within the energy sector the recently-elected premier said in an interview with the Calgary Herald last week. You cant do that job when your overarching man- date is to promote energy development. The proposed split comes as part of a wider review of theprovincesenergypolicies which includes royalty rates and corporate taxes along with the provinces climate change strategy. Notleys spokesperson Cheryl Oates told the Journal that the review of AER will be included in the governments overall review of agencies boards and commissions likely to commence this summer. There isnt a date set yet but it is one of the things we said would be a priority so we expect to be able to an- nounce the details about it in the coming weeks Oates said. Though Notley has been critical of the appointment of former oil executive Gerry Protti to the helm of the AER Oates said its too early to say how the government foresees the split taking place or what changeswouldbemadetothe regulators mandate struc- ture or stafng. The AER came into effect in June 2013 after the then- ruling Progressive Conser- vatives decided to combine the former Energy Resources Conservation Board ERCB with the regulatory duties within their departments of Sustainable Resource Devel- opment SRD and Environ- ment and Water. That decision which came out of a competitiveness re- view launched by former pre- mierEdStelmachwasmeant to streamline the regulatory system in response to com- plaintsoftoomuchregulatory red tape by industry. Based on the recommendations of a resulting task force the province established a sin- gle regulator for upstream oil gas oilsands and coal in the province. At the time environmen- tal groups criticized the amalgamation saying it would remove an important set of checks and balances and force a conict between energy and environmental interests. Lawyers also expressed concern that public partici- pation in the review process would be limited after the government removed pub- lic interest from the AERs mandate and made changes to which groups were consid- ered affected by proposed projects. Along with the cre- ation of the AER new rules were developed forcing the regulator to follow govern- ment policy like regional land use plans in making its decisions and to block Aboriginal rights challenges from being made through the hearings process. Since then the AER has been criticized largely by First Nations and landown- ers who feel the hearings process does not provide adequate opportunity for participation or accommo- dation. Despite numerous interventions by First Na- tions complaining of treaty rights infringement and lack of consultation on projects in the oilsands region First Nations have seen AER deci- sions defer to policies within the Lower Athabasca Re- gional Plan LARP a con- troversial land use plan op- posed by all affected First Nations. First Nations lead- ers and legal counsel say their only recourse is now the courts system. Though Oates said land use plans are not included in the ongoing review she said it is possible the gov- ernment will look at them in time. Its not one of our earliest priorities and it wouldnt be part of the agencies boards and commissions review she said. Its possible we just havent had time to re- view those plans yet. PhotoChrisSchwarzGovtofAlberta Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is planning to undertake a review of the Alberta Energy Regulator potentially breaking up the organization that was created as a one-window regulator by the former government in 2013.