Are people just reacting? Boycotting bp makes no sense. Bp owns a large chunk of alaskian oil and provides energy for the us. Think?

Ed Stelmach on carrying out a review of oil royalties in a very open manner. Also, selecting the very able independent team that was assessing petroleum resources royalties. I will attach my comments to the Commission & Premiers on my opinion on this matter as well as on the performance of the previous administration on a range of matters and their priorities.

A lot of problems within the Alberta economy could have been solved without the pain to average working citizen; certainly on the working poor, those on fixed incomes, as well as the neglected Heritage Fund, if Alberta had set up a proper smart businesslike royalty regime in the first place with automatic adjustments based on oil/gas prices and related profits of the Companies involved; as other countries have done. All I can say is that the Alberta people have been cheated out of their heritage because of the sloppyness of the previous administration. When the people read Premier Kleins slogan ......"Ralph cares" they thought he meant the people!

Not just Ralph and a select group of his wealthy Corperate friends! As the royalties adjustment (approx. 20% incr.) proposed by the Commission brings us modestly up to "middle of the pack" I would recommend immediate implementation of the RRC recommendations.

Any delay just results in the continuation of this sad state of affairs. Delay is just a play by the Corporations to keep their windfall profits rolling in. To hear their self interested whinings is like watching a greedy boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar and still dosn't want to share with his friends.

I would like to see a full audit of the past two year royalties of the international Corporations that 'self assessed' their productions; ... talk about the fox watching over the chicken house!.... and the immediate setting up of a Dept to oversee all royalties owed to the people of Alberta. Immediate implementation of the RRC recommendations is my urgent appeal to our Provincial Govnt. Thank you, Information Removed ----- Original Message ----- From: Information Removed To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: Citizen communication to petrolium R.R.C. ATTN: Royalty Review C.

EDMONTON This is a copy of my comments as an informed citizen to my Provincial Representatives that I sent 26 February 2007, that you may/ or may not have received in your submissions. In case this was not communicated, I will enclose my email which has many sections relevant to the oil industry in Alberta and the failure of the Government to represent the interests of the ordinary working people, and future generations, of Alberta when entering contracts with big business interests in the resources of this Province. They are lop-sided & favourable to 'Big Oil'; e.g. it is a standing joke in Texas how cheap the oil is 'given away' in Alberta.

We do not even have a "Windfall clause" in the agreement!. Norway did the right thing by their people and they have reaped the benefits. The oil Companies are not complaining there either,... they have what we may call a "fair profit".

I realize this may be late, (if it hadn't come to your attention earlier),.... but better late than never. Information Removed Copy of Email to Alberta Govnt Repr.