https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/how-corporations-still-get-away-with-secret-lobbying-in-b-c/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:54:20 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15090 A full year after the province claimed it would make B.C. the ‘most transparent lobbying regime in Canada,’ major loopholes remain — leaving secret, unregistered lobbying completely legal Christopher Pollon In-Depth Corporate Influence Democracy lobbying David Eby BC Lobbying https://thenarwhal.ca/deep-state-lobbying-a-growing-tactic-of-fossil-fuel-industry-report-finds/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 19:33:27 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14984 Since Justin Trudeau’s government took power in 2015, lobbyists in Ottawa have focused more attention on the nation’s bureaucrats, rather than elected office holders, representing what one researcher is calling a troubling 'fusion of private interest and public bodies' Sharon J. Riley News CCPA Corporate Influence Corporate Mapping Project Democracy lobbying Corporate Mapping Project Deep State Lobbying Canada https://thenarwhal.ca/industry-responsible-for-80-per-cent-of-senate-lobbying-linked-to-bill-c-69/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:37:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12176 Lobbyists from industry and related groups — primarily from the oil and gas industry — met 224 times with the Senate on new environmental assessment law, while environmental groups had just 36 meetings Sarah Cox and Sharon J. Riley Investigation Alberta Oil Magazine climate change Corporate Influence lobbying oil oilsands Senate Alberta energy war room https://thenarwhal.ca/senate-changes-to-environmental-assessment-bill-are-worse-than-harper-era-legislation-experts/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:36:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12063 Following intensive lobbying by the oil and gas industry, the unelected Canadian Senate has approved more than 180 controversial amendments to Bill C-69. Experts describe the amendments as incoherent, badly drafted and an attempt to dodge climate change considerations Sarah Cox News Bill C-69 climate change Corporate Influence environmental assessment environmental law lobbying mining oilsands Senate Trans Mountain Pipeline Red Chris mine https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-energy-pipeline-association-to-lobby-b-c-government-on-endangered-caribou-plans/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:35:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11110 The industry organization, whose members operate 119,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada, intends to lobby ministers and the Premier as province delays rules for species at risk Sarah Cox News Canadian Energy Pipeline Association caribou Democracy lobbying species at risk wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/how-oil-lobbyists-pressured-canada-allow-drilling-marine-park/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:52:53 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/22/how-oil-lobbyists-pressured-canada-allow-drilling-marine-park/ James Wilt Investigation CAPP Corporate Influence Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO ExxonMobil Laurentian Channel lobbying marine protected area Nexen Offshore Drilling protected areas Shell Canada Statoil suncor https://thenarwhal.ca/former-corporate-lobbyists-running-b-c-liberals-part-alarming-trend-watchdog/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:15:55 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/04/05/former-corporate-lobbyists-running-b-c-liberals-part-alarming-trend-watchdog/ Carol Linnitt News Andrew Wilkinson BC Liberals Dermod Travis Gabe Garfinkel IntegrityBC Jas Johal Kim Chan Logan lobbying Lobbyists News Revolving Door https://thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-industry-has-lobbied-b-c-government-22-000-times-2010/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:19:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/03/08/fossil-fuel-industry-has-lobbied-b-c-government-22-000-times-2010/ Carol Linnitt News bc political donations Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives CAPP chevron Corporate Mapping Project encana FortisBC fossil fuel industry lobbying Lobbyists News Nick Graham Right Top Shannon Daub spectra energy Teck Resources transparency BC lobbying Fossil Fuels Christy Clark https://thenarwhal.ca/capp-lobbies-government-recycle-carbon-tax-revenues-back-oil-industry/ Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:58:26 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/03/01/capp-lobbies-government-recycle-carbon-tax-revenues-back-oil-industry/ Carol Linnitt News Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CAPP climate change greenhouse gas emissions Greenpeace Canada Keith Stewart lobbying Lobbyists methane regulations News oil and gas emissions https://thenarwhal.ca/whats-missing-media-coverage-canada-pipeline-debate/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:16:07 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/12/22/whats-missing-media-coverage-canada-pipeline-debate/ James Wilt News Analysis enbridge northern gateway fossil fuel industry Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline lobbying pipelines political donations Public Relations Right Top https://thenarwhal.ca/why-trudeau-back-tracking-b-c-s-oil-tanker-ban-these-86-meetings-enbridge-might-help-explain/ Fri, 21 Oct 2016 01:45:33 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/10/21/why-trudeau-back-tracking-b-c-s-oil-tanker-ban-these-86-meetings-enbridge-might-help-explain/ Carol Linnitt News Bella Bella Duff Conacher Enbridge John Horgan lobbying Lobbyists Nathan Cullen Nathan E Stewart News Northern Gateway Pipeline oil spill oil tanker ban Prime Minister Justin Trudeau