EDMONTON — Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer passionately defended the head of Alberta’s oil and gas inquiry after the NDP asked whether he broke conflict of interest rules in granting a $2.5-million contract to his son’s law firm. In a meeting of the Standing Committee on Families and Communities, Schweitzer addressed the controversy surrounding Steven Allan, who is heading up the public inquiry into whether foreign interference is affecting the province’s oil and gas industry. "This person has had an immense amount of success in their career," said Schweitzer. "How he’s been dragged through the mud over the last few weeks has been appalling. And the fact that the NDP lines of attacks on this is the same as ecojustice is appalling, absolutely appalling in what we are seeing and the attacks on this person’s credibility.” Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer at rural crime press conference in Wetaskiwin. Wednesday Nov. 6, 2019 (CTV News Edmonton) It was revealed last week that Allan hired Calgary Law firm Dentons on a contract worth more than $900,000 for legal advice. His son, Toby, is a partner at the firm. That prompted the Opposition NDP to call for an ethics commissioner probe into the […]
