Turned to Stone: How Quickly Jason Kenney Betrayed Rural Albertans | The Tyee
Not only has Kenney clearly telegraphed to companies that they need not pay their municipal taxes, his government appears to be signalling that even more assessment giveaways could be forthcoming for his favourite industry — on the backs of local governments.
Some local mayors are now questioning the very viability of their municipalities. If local governments are forced to fold or be absorbed into larger regions, many elected voices of rural Alberta now raising the alarm on delinquent oil and gas companies will be silenced. Or perhaps that’s the point.
It is important to remember it is not just municipalities being screwed by the Kenney government and the oil and gas sector, but local landowners as well.