The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency https://thenarwhal.ca/csis-resource-projects-surveillance/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=148639 As the federal government designates resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to Canada’s intelligence service and law enforcement agencies. Critics worry this opens a door to corporate influence over surveillance of groups and individuals Matt Simmons Analysis B.C. Coastal GasLink pipeline Corporate Influence CSIS oil and gas influence TC Energy Photo: Matt Simmons / The Narwhal Two private security contractors at a Coastal GasLink worksite, one in a truck and the other on foot, in 2022 Hello, CSIS! https://thenarwhal.ca/hi-csis/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:59:16 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/08/19/hi-csis/ Kai Nagata Opinion CSIS Democracy Dogwood Initiative Harper Government Opinion Security Intelligence Review Committee spying surveillance Unconventional Adventures: Tracing Our Energy Lifecycle Almost Turned this Filmmaker into a Terrorist and Polar Bear Snack https://thenarwhal.ca/unconventional-adventures-tracing-our-energy-lifecycle-almost-turned-filmmaker-terrorist-and-polar-bear-snack/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:02:57 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/06/17/unconventional-adventures-tracing-our-energy-lifecycle-almost-turned-filmmaker-terrorist-and-polar-bear-snack/ Carol Linnitt CSIS David Lavallee Energy Extreme Energy fracking oil and gas industry Q & A renewable energy Site C dam To the Ends of the Earth unconventional energy unconventional resources How Stephen Harper Used God and Neoliberalism to Construct the Radical Environmentalist Frame https://thenarwhal.ca/how-stephen-harper-used-god-and-neoliberalism-construct-radical-environmentalist-frame/ Fri, 29 May 2015 20:06:09 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/05/29/how-stephen-harper-used-god-and-neoliberalism-construct-radical-environmentalist-frame/ Donald Gutstein In-Depth anto-petroleum extremists Bill C-51 Canadian Security Intelligence Service christian CSIS evangelical foreign funded radicals frank luntz free market Friedrich Hayek Government In-Depth Neoliberalism oi industry oilsands radical environmentalists rick santorum Stephen Harper surveillance theology VIDEO: Canada Has a Troubling Definition of ‘Threat’ https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-has-troubling-definition-threat/ Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:40:50 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/04/10/canada-has-troubling-definition-threat/ Scott Vrooman Opinion activism Bill C-51 C51 Canada Climate CSIS enviornmentalists extremism first nations Opinion Right Second surveillance terrorism threats treaties What’s More Worrying? Bill C-51 or the Fact That So Many People Don’t Know What’s In It? https://thenarwhal.ca/what-s-more-worrying-bill-c-51-or-fact-so-many-people-don-t-know-what-s-it/ Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:55:58 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/20/what-s-more-worrying-bill-c-51-or-fact-so-many-people-don-t-know-what-s-it/ Scott Vrooman Opinion Bill C-51 Civil Liberties CSIS Freedom Harper Government intelligence Opinion RCMP Right Second surveillance CSIS “Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny” Spying on Me (Or You For That Matter) https://thenarwhal.ca/csis-can-neither-confirm-nor-deny-spying-me-or-you-matter/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:05:05 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/03/csis-can-neither-confirm-nor-deny-spying-me-or-you-matter/ Carol Linnitt In-Depth Access to Information Act anti-petroleum extremists anti-terrorism Bill C-51 Canadian Security Intelligence Service critical infrastructure CSIS Enbridge FIPA Harper Government In-Depth Kinder Morgan national security pipeline Privacy Act RCMP Right Second spying surveillance terrorism Vincent Gogolek Canada and the Politics of Fear: Anti-Terrorism, Surveillance and Citizenship in a Changing World https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-politics-of-fear-anti-terrorism-surveillance-citizenship-changing-world/ Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:10:47 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/12/16/canada-politics-of-fear-anti-terrorism-surveillance-citizenship-changing-world/ Adam Kingsmith In-Depth Center Top CESC CSIS Culture Danger fear General In-Depth Making Up 'Terror Identities' Ottawa Shooting Paul Martin risk Stephen Harper terrorism The Government of Canada The Department of Homeland Security transparency Group Calls for Formal Ethics Inquiry into Spy Watchdog Turned Enbridge Lobbyist Chuck Strahl https://thenarwhal.ca/group-calls-formal-ethics-inquiry-spy-watchdog-turned-enbridge-lobbyist-chuck-strahl/ Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:48:52 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/01/21/group-calls-formal-ethics-inquiry-spy-watchdog-turned-enbridge-lobbyist-chuck-strahl/ Carol Linnitt Chuck Strahl conflict of interest CSIS Democracy Watch Duff Conacher Enbridge ethics Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson lobbyist Lobbyists Northern Gateway Pipeline SIRC spy watchdog Legal Expert: “Inherent Challenge” in Having Enbridge Lobbyist Serve as Spy Watchdog https://thenarwhal.ca/legal-expert-inherent-challenge-enbridge-lobbyist-serve-spy-watchdog/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:49:16 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/01/13/legal-expert-inherent-challenge-enbridge-lobbyist-serve-spy-watchdog/ Carol Linnitt Chuck Strahl conflict of interests CSIS Democracy Watch Duff Conacher Enbridge harper lobbyist Lobbyists MP Northern Gateway Pipeline oilsands pipelines SIRC spying tar sands watchdog Canada’s Intelligence Watchdog Hired as Northern Gateway Lobbyist https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-s-intelligence-watchdog-hired-northern-gateway-lobbyist/ Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/01/06/canada-s-intelligence-watchdog-hired-northern-gateway-lobbyist/ Carol Linnitt B.C. Chuck Strahl Chuck Strahl Consulting CSIS Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline intelligence Lobbyists oilsands Rich Coleman SIRC spying watchdog