Greg Clark, MLA Calgary-Elbow has been in the media a lot lately, defending the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) and working to correct misconceptions and false narratives.   We are sharing two important pieces of media coverage from late December.   Greg Clark December 19 interview on Danielle Smith’s 770AM radio show Greg Clark’s December 28 op-ed in the Calgary Herald   On December 19, Greg Clark was on Danielle Smith’s 770AM radio show […]

Following the news that Rocky View County will formally oppose the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1), we wanted emphasize the need for a clear public stance from political leaders and to share two important pieces of media coverage that echo this sentiment.   We know volumes of study have been completed that point to SR1 as the superior project, including 4,000+ pages of environmental assessment on SR1, so for Rocky View County to say not enough study has […]

On Wednesday morning’s CBC Eyeopener, Greg Clark, MLA for Calgary-Elbow, responded to the news that Rocky View County will formally oppose the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1) and its plan to ask the Province to reconsider the project.   You can listen to Greg’s full interview here and we’ve captured the key messages below (with additional resources included by us):   1) Under the current regulatory review process, it is difficult to get […]

In a decision made Tuesday, Rocky View County council voted to formally request that the Province reconsider the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1).   In a 16-page report presented to council on December 11, Rocky View County administration outlined a number of qualms with the project including lack of benefit for the county, incomplete technical evaluation of other upstream mitigation options, inadequate stakeholder engagement, and failure to address drought concerns.   Disappointingly, […]

Last week, MLA Greg Clark for Calgary-Elbow had the opportunity to question Transportation Minister Brian Mason about the Springbank Project.   Find out what the Minister said about the status of the regulatory process, consultation with Indigenous stakeholders, project timelines, and more in Clark’s letter to his constituents (shared below).   Clark also engaged the Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson, asking for an update on floodway development regulation and flood hazard maps.    View the video […]

We understand there are many documents to navigate in order to fully understand the progression of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1), so we have compiled a list of key documents to make that process a bit easier.   We’ve included dates and notes to help you understand why these documents are important and where they fall on the SR1 timeline.   Key documents relating specifically to Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir […]

In a letter to Alberta Transportation’s (proponent of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project) Minister Brian Mason last month, Calgary-Elbow MLA Greg Clark called on the government to ensure they undertake comprehensive, two-way consultation with Indigenous peoples.   Read the September 28 media release publicizing the letter here.    Reflecting on the recent Federal Court of Appeals ruling on the Trans Mountain pipeline and the focus on Indigenous consultation contained in the […]

In May 2018, a Notice of Application was filed by six landowners seeking to quash the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)’s decision that the revised Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) conformed to the required guidelines set forth earlier by the CEAA.   We’ve learned that this application has been withdrawn. The federal court hearing that was scheduled for November has been canceled and this matter will not proceed any further.   […]

In June, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) submitted a 16 question information request (IR) to Alberta Transportation requesting more information relating to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).   Since then, two more IR packages have been submitted to Alberta Transportation, Part 2 on August 20 and Part 3 on August 31, which together with the first IR total 86 questions.   The questions are quite detailed and […]

Earlier this year, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) invited public comments on the potential environmental effects of the Springbank Project and on the proposed measures to prevent or mitigate those effects as described in the EIA.   The CEAA received over 700 public comments, which are all now publicly available online here.   We’ve read through some of the comments and although most of what we read were copy-paste letters, there were also […]