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Montana PSC member concerned about reports of Alberta spying
Posted on Aug. 23

By the Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta - A member of Montana's Public Service Commission says he's concerned about allegations that Alberta's Energy and Utilities Board spied on landowners opposed to a massive power line.

PSC Commissioner Ken Toole says he was told that the Alberta board hired private detectives to spy on landowners who are against the power line project that will stretch from central Alberta south into Montana.

The leader of Alberta's opposition New Democratic Party, Brian Mason, says Montana residents were involved in a conference call that was joined by one of the investigators and that Alberta's Conservative government doesn't seem to understand that it was wrong.

Energy board spokesman Bob Curran confirmed that a private investigator participated in a conference call and that the individual was not identified to others as an investigator.

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