Here's a little secret: the ercb is hamstrung by the regs more than most people realize. Imagine being a parent with the ability to make the house rules, but with no stick or enforcement ability. Read any decision report and note how many times the ercb will make a reccomendation that Alberta Environment does x, y or z. It's like the ercb is the mom and aenv is the dad, and the ercb is telling the kids to wait until their father gets home. Without any ability to enforce, the ercb can only make reccomendations that aenv follow up on a matter. The ercb might have power to actually enforce if it were granted jurisdiction to do so. It is a creature of the province, and the province has designed the red tape circus to be dysfunctional by design.
Regulator — Aug 26, 2010 - 10:33 PM MT
Here's a little secret: the ercb is hamstrung by the regs more than most people realize. Imagine being a parent with the ability to make the house rules, but with no stick or enforcement ability. Read any decision report and note how many times the ercb will make a reccomendation that Alberta Environment does x, y or z. It's like the ercb is the mom and aenv is the dad, and the ercb is telling the kids to wait until their father gets home. Without any ability to enforce, the ercb can only make reccomendations that aenv follow up on a matter. The ercb might have power to actually enforce if it were granted jurisdiction to do so. It is a creature of the province, and the province has designed the red tape circus to be dysfunctional by design.