In my opinion the whole provincial government BOARDS needs to be re-evaluated. The NRCB, EUB, SURFACE RIGHTS BOARD, WORKERS COMPENSATION BOARD etc.
Huge budgets for some of them, and in the case of the EUB, floor after floor of support staff in the Calgary office, not to mention the field offices. Board appointments are made in a ad hoc fashion, in some cases the individuals have expertise in the areas necessary, in others, they are appointed because they are friends of friends etc.
The EUB have do have a lot of work on their place, but the NRCB has NOT had a hearing in almost a year, and given the amendments to the AOPA legislation giving the livestock industry almost the right to do what they want, it is doubtful if that side of the NRCB mandate will be busy in the future, and yet there are two major and four field offices complete with staff etc.
The government restructuring ministry really didn't get much done since the last election, and who knows whether or not that ministry will still exist after next Friday. There is a need for more efficiencies within the provincial government, even in these boom times with the dollars rolling in.
I look to the new premier to be a strong fiscal manager, he was in all his ministries.
Huge budgets for some of them, and in the case of the EUB, floor after floor of support staff in the Calgary office, not to mention the field offices. Board appointments are made in a ad hoc fashion, in some cases the individuals have expertise in the areas necessary, in others, they are appointed because they are friends of friends etc.
The EUB have do have a lot of work on their place, but the NRCB has NOT had a hearing in almost a year, and given the amendments to the AOPA legislation giving the livestock industry almost the right to do what they want, it is doubtful if that side of the NRCB mandate will be busy in the future, and yet there are two major and four field offices complete with staff etc.
The government restructuring ministry really didn't get much done since the last election, and who knows whether or not that ministry will still exist after next Friday. There is a need for more efficiencies within the provincial government, even in these boom times with the dollars rolling in.
I look to the new premier to be a strong fiscal manager, he was in all his ministries.
Comment