
It’s Not Just Redwater: Can the Energy Sector's ADVISORS Keep Up?
By Heidi J. T. Exner It has been almost 3 years since the Redwater decision, in which the SCC ultimately decided that a defunct Alberta-based energy company could not place the bill to clean up its environmental messes on par with its bill to creditors. The SCC was clear that the provincial Alberta Energy Regulator was a debt to the “public good” and was therefore not so much a creditor, but a representative of the public. This was a big win for the environment, property owne