By Canadian Press

Canadian Energy Centre

Alberta cuts energy war room budget by 90% due to COVID-19

Mar 30, 2020 | 9:19 PM

EDMONTON – Alberta’s $30-million-a-year energy war room is drastically cutting its budget due to COVID-19.

The province announced late Monday that the Canadian Energy Centre is reducing its current operating budget by 90 per cent in order to “reflect needs” during the pandemic.

The United Conservative government established the centre to promote the energy industry and fire back against what the government deems to be misinformation.

But the province now says in a news release that the overwhelming majority of the centre’s budget was intended for paid advertising campaigns that cannot proceed during the pandemic.

It says the centre’s spending will be limited to “subsistence operations” such as “continuing and preparing research, office infrastructure and administrative support.”

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The release says the centre plans to maintain a reduced budget for three months or until regular operations resume, and it says that if applied on an annual basis, it reflects a 90 per cent reduction in its operating budget from $30 million to $2.84 million.