Listen to the West of Centre For the second time this year, Alberta’s UCP government is lowering the barriers for citizen-led referendum questions while also stripping the Chief Electoral Officer of many powers. This week on  West of Centre , host Kathleen Petty is joined by CBC writer and producer Jason Markusoff; Globe and Mail reporter Matthew Scace; and pollster and political analyst Janet Brown. As the UCP tinkers with its legislation yet again, Brown wonders, did the pr

Read on the Star Cue the cheers. Smith’s deal with Carney did not placate those in her party who want Alberta to separate from Canada. It has infuriated them. Separatists are a minority in Alberta, according to opinion polls. And, in a recent petition drive, more than 400,000 Albertans supported staying in Canada. But separatists are not a minority in the UCP. In fact, pollster Janet Brown discovered that 54 per cent of UCP supporters surveyed earlier this year would vote in

Watch on CTV News Chris Spearman, a former Lethbridge mayor, and John Santos, a political analyst, talk about the significance of the memorandum of understanding on a new pipeline signed by Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney, how this could affect Smith's support from elements of her base calling for separation and the growing list of recall petitions for UCP MLAs on the Politics Panel.

Read on Discover Airdrie A new Alberta poll found support levels of 84 to 92 per cent for requiring oil and gas companies to pay for well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes, and unpaid land rents. The TrendWatch Alberta survey of 900 adults reported 92 per cent of respondents said companies should be responsible for the final cleanup of inactive or end-of-life wells. It also found 87 per cent support requiring industry to cover unpaid property taxes to municipalities, and 84 per

Read on the Advocate “Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” said pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” The poll was released just as representatives from 69 municipal districts and counties met in Edmonton at Rural Municipalities of Alberta’s (RMA) fall convention that wrapped on Thursday. RMA has been pressing the Alberta government for years to crack the whip and force oil and gas compani

Watch on Youtube: Energi Media A new survey from Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE), shows overwhelming support across the province for requiring oil and gas companies to cover the full costs of their environmental and financial obligations.

Read on Alberta Wilderness Association New Poll: Supermajority of Albertans want oil and gas companies to cover costs of well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents New polling from Janet Brown Opinion Research shows overwhelming support for holding oil and gas companies accountable for their cleanup costs and unpaid bills. Key findings: 92%  of Albertans say companies should pay to clean up their wells. 87%  support requiring industry to cover unpaid municipal t

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