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Posted on: July 31, 2020

[ARCHIVED] Oil & Gas Assessment Model Review

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The Government of Alberta is considering a change to the assessment model for oil and gas wells and pipelines. While we understand that these changes are intended to enhance the competitiveness of the oil and gas industry, they will have serious ramifications and potentially extreme negative consequences on the sustainability of our municipality and smaller businesses in the industry. If these changes are approved, residents and other commercial property owners will be responsible for subsidizing a property tax break for the oil and gas industry. Changing the assessment model is inequitable and unfair, as it places the entire burden for an industrial tax break onto municipalities, without guaranteeing that savings would be reinvested in Alberta.

The County of Wetaskiwin has written a letter to the Premier expressing our many concerns with these proposed changes. The following letter and fact sheet are being sent to all County residents and businesses to inform them of the potential impacts of these changes to our County. Please consider adding your voice to this matter. 

The Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), on behalf of all rural municipalities, reviewed the information provided by the Government and analyzed the impacts thoroughly. In response to the proposed changes, RMA issued an Outcomes Summary and a Position Statement.  They have also provided a prediction of the impact that each scenario will have on County of Wetaskiwin.

The Provincial Government is accepting input on the proposed assessment models from municipalities and other interested stakeholders until mid August. A template letter is available for you to use to send to our MLAs (Rick Wilson and Jason Nixon). Please feel free to edit this template letter to reinforce your own personal concerns  

Provincial Contact Information: 

Name/ Title

Phone

Email

Honourable Jason Kenney, Premier

780-427-2251

premier@gov.ab.ca

Honourable Kaycee Madu, Minister of Municipal Affairs

780-427-3744

minister.municipalaffairs@gov.ab.ca

Honourable Rick Wilson, Minister of Indigenous Relations, MLA for Maskwacîs-Wetaskiwin

780-422-4144

ir.ministeroffice@gov.ab.ca

Maskwacis.Wetaskiwin@assembly.ab.ca

Honourable Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks, MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre

780-427-2391

aep.minister@gov.ab.ca

Rimbey.RockyMountainhouse.Sundre@assembly.ab.ca

Read Reeve Van de Kraats full letter...
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