EDMONTON–The Alberta government is seeking to amend its critical infrastructure defence law to prevent federal workers from going to oil sector sites and collecting data.
The bill comes at a time when the federal government is introducing regulations to cap emissions in the oil and gas sector. Alberta says this in effect amounts to a cap on production in the sector, which the feds dispute.
The proposed changes to the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (CIDA) would update the definition of “essential infrastructure” to include facilities where information on oil and gas emissions and production are kept, the province said in a March 19 press release….