B.C. Conservative MP says climate science isn’t “settled” as Northern Gateway approved

Published June 18, 2014

Conservative MP James Lunney has a knack for timing. Federal Conservatives, including Lunney’s caucus colleagues from British Columbia, were laying low in Ottawa Tuesday afternoon as the Harper government was getting set to press “send” on a press release to announce of the Northern Gateway pipeline (rather than putting up ministers at a podium to […]

5 times Canadians were utterly misled about the Northern Gateway pipeline

Published June 16, 2014

Surprise! The Harper cabinet has given the Northern Gateway pipeline the go-ahead. After years of corporate campaigning and counter-protests, Enbridge’s multi-billion project will have to meet the 209 conditions laid out by a federal review panel last December, the federal government announced Tuesday. The approval could put B.C. Conservative seats on the endangered species list; Harper’s […]

How Northern Gateway pipeline approval will put BC Conservative seats on endangered species list

Published June 5, 2014

A big group of Conservative MPs in British Columbia must be nervous just about now, knowing the federal Cabinet could be readying to sign off on the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. If the announcement, expected as early as next week — goes Enbridge’s way — it could seal some of their fates. That’s because a Bloomberg-Nanos survey released this […]

Is this what a pipeline consultation with First Nations looks like?

Published January 6, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked up the importance of First Nations consultations at a Vancouver Board of Trade event on Monday, part of his government’s pipelines push. Before watching Harper spin his yarn, consider these five points about Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway project, now in the hands of Harper’s cabinet after Enbridge received conditional approval […]

CSIS to Big Oil: never say never again to pipelines

Published January 6, 2014

The federal government and its spy agency spent half of the time at a classified national security briefing for energy companies to talk about “challenges” created by environmental groups, government records obtained by PressProgress show. And the theme of the day-long “classified briefing for energy and utilities sector stakeholders,” held in collaboration with Natural Resources […]

From spywatcher to pipeline lobbyist: the many hats of Chuck Strahl

Published January 5, 2014

Former Conservative cabinet minister Chuck Strahl has been very busy since leaving electoral politics in 2011. First, he was appointed as a director and chairman of the Manning Centre, an organization devoted to strengthening the conservative movement in Canada. The group helps the Conservative Party by training organizers and proposing right-wing policies. Then, his former […]