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Calgary will play home to the government’s planned oil industry war room, and Energy Minister Sonya Savage promises it’s going to start its work “very soon.”

Establishing a $30-million energy war room to “counter the lies” about the industry was a key plank in the UCP election platform.

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Savage said Tuesday morning on her way into cabinet the group will be small, tight and compact, in keeping with her government’s “measured restraint” on spending.

“It’s got to be integrated in with the larger fight-back strategy. That includes things like the litigation fund, the public inquiry,” she said.

“We’re trying to knit all those pieces together to make sure we get it right.”

As for why it will be in Calgary, Savage said, “that’s where the industry is and that’s where the punchy communication experts are.”

Part of a larger strategy

Savage said the war room was the policy that most resonated with her constituents when she knocked on doors during the campaign.