Sonya Savage

Sonya M. Savage is a Canadian politician who was the minister of energy for Alberta from April 20, 2019, to October 2022. She was Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, being appointed on October 21, 2022. A member of the United Conservative Party (UCP), she was elected following the 2019 Alberta general election to represent Calgary-North West in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Savage also acted as the minister of justice and solicitor general of Alberta from January 18 to February 25, 2022, while incumbent minister Kaycee Madu underwent a probe into his conduct.

Savage was on the Legislative Review Committee and also previously was the Deputy Government House Leader.

In September 2023, she became Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais. As of March 2024, she is also a Board Director for E3 Lithium.

Political career Savage was elected following the 2019 Alberta general election to represent Calgary-North West.

In March 2023 announced she would stand down at the 2023 Alberta general election.

Minister of Energy (April 2019- October, 2022) and Minister of Environment and Protected Areas (October, 2022- June, 2023) Savage, whose background in energy and the environment includes major projects, such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines and with her work as an executive of Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA), was appointed Minister of Energy on April 30, 2019. She had been tasked with overhauling the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)—one of the UCP's campaign promises with the aim of implementing "shorter timelines for project approvals." The New Democratic Party (NDP) government had estimated that the program would have generated "revenue of $6-billion", according to The Globe and Mail. The Kenney government cancelled the agreement shortly after taking office due to the estimate that it would have costed over $10.6 billion and would be something more appropriately left to the private sector. Savage added that Canadians were "not going to have tolerance and patience for protests that get in the way of people working", Savage told Bavil that "Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can't have protests of more than 15 people...Let's get it built."

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