Pass Herald Reporter
Initial survey results are coming in following the online survey available to all Albertans regarding coal mining in the province.
Chair of the Coal Policy Committee, Ron Wallace, says that the survey provided immediate impact on decision-making.
“It was based on that information that the committee, very quickly, that the committee formed it's recommendation to the minister to recommend a moratorium (on Category 2 Lands). The survey had a major impact on the committee forming that recommendation to the Minister.”
Wallace says the committee has continued working hard to come up with their next plan.
“The committee has been working very hard to come up with it's engagement strategy with things like a website. With the website, some of this information will be posted to the wider public. That should happen sometime shortly.”