April 2010 - Regulatory Capture Correspondence with NEB Chief Operating Officer

I received your response to my letter of March 30th, 2010. Thank you. I note that as is the case with other correspondence our policy association receives from the NEB, you did not address the specific questions and comments raised in our earlier communication. That is unfortunate. Read more...

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March 2010 - Regulatory Capture Correspondence with NEB Chief Operating Officer

After your recent call, my colleagues and I gave considerable thought to how I might appropriately respond, and at the same time successfully convey, the thoughtful ire there is out in the rural areas toward the performance and practices of the agency over which you preside. Read more...

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January 2010 - Follow-up to correspondence with NEB Chairman Gaetan Caron Regarding His Response to the November 2009 Letter Sent by CAEPLA

I have been involved with provincial or national landowner associations in Canada for more than a decade. On many occasions during this time, the National Energy Board (NEB) has invited these associations to "come and talk," even as you did in your recent letter. I am referring to your letter of December 18, 2009. Read more...

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November 2009 - Correspondence With NEB Chairman Gaetan Caron Setting Out How the NEB Has Crowded Landowners Out of Meaningful Participation in Regulatory Processes

I am writing to you today as a follow up to earlier correspondence that CAEPLA has had with you, and with other senior officials at the National Energy Board (NEB). My objective is to re-present (as in again present), what we at CAEPLA have been consistently setting before you as the legitimate grievances of landowners regarding the entrenched disposition and systemic discrimination practiced against landowners by the regulatory entity over which you preside. Read more...

 

OEB (Ontario) Staff Position Paper that Refutes Alberta Government Claims

...should the St. Clair line be under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) or the National Energy Board (NEB)? Read more...

For additional information, see page 9 of The CAEPLA Landowner Report (Autumn 2009 edition).

 

 

CEPA Document that Deliberately Misled Landowners

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For additional information, see page 7 of The CAEPLA Landowner Report (Autumn 2009 edition).

 

 

British Columbia

The objective of the guide is to outline the petroleum and natural gas exploration, production and pipeline transportation processes as it relates to the property rights of a landowner, and in particular to surface rights, right-of-entry, statutory rights of way, mediation and arbitration and expropriation. It provides a guide to the legislation and regulations governing the petroleum and natural gas industry in British Columbia. Read more...

What Alberta Landowners Lost Due to the Regulatory Shift

(This same article appears on the NOVA page— located under "TCPL Propaganda"— and includes the actual TCPL letter. The NOVA page can be accessed by using the navigation bar to the left)

Late last year, with the tacit endorsement of the Stelmach government and the Alberta Minister of Energy, NOVA Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL), which is owned by TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL), made application to transfer nearly 25,000 km of its Alberta gas pipeline system out from under the regulatory jurisdiction of Alberta, and into the hands of Ottawa's regulator - the National Energy Board (NEB). On the heels of that application, landowner groups issued a press release explaining how far-reaching the implications would be for farmers and ranchers if the NGTL application were approved. We also sent a letter to 40,000 landowners that provided details on the implications of the transfer. NGTL responded by sending letters to individual farmers that explained point-by-point, its position on the issues we raised in our letter. The NGTL letter has also been posted on the Internet. Below are quotes taken from NGTL's letter, followed by CAEPLA's response. Landowners can judge for themselves who they want to believe. Read more...

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Alberta Surface Rights Act

Application of Act - 2(1) This act applies to all land in Alberta except land within the geographic area of a Metis settlement. (2) If there is a conflict between this Act and anything contained in any grant, conveyance, lease, licence or other instrument, whether made before or after the coming into force of this Act, with respect to right of entry in respect of the surface of any land incidental to any operations concerning mining, drilling, pipelines, power transmission lines or telephone lines, this Act prevails. Read more...

The Power Corporation Act

2(1) Saskatchewan Power Corporation is continued as a corporation, consisting of those persons who may be appointed as members by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. (2) SaskPower is the abbreviated name of the corporation, and the abbreviation when used has the same legal effect and meaning as the full name of the corporation. Read more...

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Saskatchewan Surface Rights Act

The purposes of this Act are: (a) to provide for a comprehensive procedure for acquiring surface rights; (b) to provide for the payment of just and equitable compensation for the acquisition of surface rights; (c) to provide for the maintenance and reclamation of the surface of land acquired in connection with surface rights acquired under this Act. Read more...

 

Manitoba Surface Rights Act

The purposes of this Act are (a) to provide for a comprehensive procedure for acquiring and utilizing surface rights; (b) to provide for the payment of just and equitable compensation for the acquisition and utilization of surface rights; (c) to provide for the maintenance, preservation and restoration of the surface of land acquired in connection with surface rights; (d) to provide for the resolution of disputes between operators, occupants and owners arising out of the entry upon, use or restoration of the surface of land. Read more...

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Manitoba Oil and Gas Act

The objectives and purposes of this Act are (a) to provide for, encourage and facilitate the safe and efficient development, and the maximum economic recovery, of the oil, gas, helium and oil shale resources of the province in accordance with the principles of sustainable development; (b) to prevent waste of oil, gas, helium and oil shale resources; (c) to protect the correlative rights of owners; (d) to provide for the safe and efficient construction and operation of pipelines; and (e) to provide for the safe and efficient development and operation of storage reservoirs. Read more...

Ontario Energy Board Act

Board objectives, electricity 1(1) The Board, in carrying out its responsibilities under this or any other Act in relation to electricity, shall be guided by the following objectives: 1. To protect the interests of consumers with respect to prices and the adequacy, reliability and quality of electricity service. 2. To promote economic efficiency and cost effectiveness in the generation, transmission, distribution, sale and demand management of electricity and to facilitate the maintenance of a financially viable electricity industry. 3. To promote electricity conservation and demand management in a manner consistent with the policies of the Government of Ontario, including having regard to the consumer’s economic circumstances. 4. To facilitate the implementation of a smart grid in Ontario. 5. To promote the use and generation of electricity from renewable energy sources in a manner consistent with the policies of the Government of Ontario, including the timely expansion or reinforcement of transmission systems and distribution systems to accommodate the connection of renewable energy generation facilities. 2004, c. 23, Sched. B, s. 1; 2009, c. 12, Sched. D, s. 1. Read more...

 

Petroleum Act

All petroleum is declared to be and is deemed always to have been property separate from the soil and vested in the Crown. Read more...