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Pumpjacks pump crude oil near Halkirk, Alta. on June 20, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal CALGARY — The commissioner of Alberta’s inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics says a deadline extension will allow more time for the inquiry to get responses from the people it names. The inquiry headed by Steve Allan was to have completed its report by Sunday, but the United Conservative government released an order-in-council on Friday night amending the inquiry’s deadline to May 31. Allan said in a written statement that it was always the inquiry’s intention to give an opportunity for response to people “who may be subject to a finding of misconduct or the subject of a materially adverse factual finding.” "This extension allows us to undertake and complete the Inquiry’s processes in a timely and fair manner," Allan wrote in his statement. "The Inquiry has required and undertaken a thorough and detailed view of voluminous material covering a time frame of about 20 years, which has been made all the more coplex by the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health advisories." He said that’s caused delays, and notes that extension requests for public inquiries aren’t unusual. Premier Jason […]
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