Alberta NDP decries contract for government supporter to review energy regulator
EDMONTON, AB – Alberta’s Opposition New Democrats are condemning another sole-source contract handed out to a close associate of the United Conservative Party government.
The party has asked the province’s auditor to investigate several such contracts awarded to what it calls “partisan supporters of the premier.”
A recently released document shows David Yager, a longtime oilpatch executive, journalist and conservative activist, is being paid $70,000 to review the Alberta Energy Regulator. The information is contained in government disclosure statements that are released quarterly.
The disclosure reveals little about what Yager has been asked to review. It refers to a “review” of the regulator — one of Alberta’s most important public bodies — and gives an end date of February.