By The Canadian Press

Albertans will be able to say no to coal during consultations, energy minister says

Mar 16, 2021 | 3:15 PM

CROWSNEST PASS, AB – Alberta’s energy minister says people in the province will be able to say “no” to coal during upcoming consultations on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.

Critics have wondered if the consultations will give Albertans the option of telling the government they don’t want to see any mines on those lands, which include the headwaters for much of the province’s drinking water.

Sonya Savage says the process will go further than just asking people where they would accept such development.

Savage told a legislature committee Tuesday that the consultations will ask people if they want surface coal mining at all in the Rockies and that the government hasn’t prejudged the outcome.

She adds the province will open government-to-government talks with Indigenous communities in southwest Alberta.

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The consultations are to start on March 29.

(The Canadian Press)