Regulator accused of bias by Norval Scott with a report by Dawn Walton, July 19, 2007, The Globe and Mail
Alberta’s energy regulator, already the subject of three provincial inquiries over its handling of hearings into a proposed Calgary-Edmonton power line, now faces a court action as well…. The private investigators passed themselves off as concerned landowners, and one, Don MacDonald, joined a conference call in which landowners discussed strategies with their legal counsel.
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