What’s Missing in Media Coverage of Canada’s Pipeline Debate
If you read any commentary in the wake of Trudeau’s pipeline approvals, you might have...
Why is Trudeau Backtracking On B.C.’s Oil Tanker Ban? These 86 Meetings with Enbridge Might Help Explain
Since the Liberals formed government last November, Enbridge and Northern Gateway Pipeline have lobbied Ottawa...
‘Secret Lobbying is Legal’ if You Know Which Loopholes to Exploit, Says Democracy Watchdog
Enough isn’t being done to ensure companies are following Canada’s weak lobbying and disclosure rules,...
Why is the Mining Industry on a Federal Lobbying Spree?
Canadian mining companies are desperate. That’s about the only possible conclusion to be drawn after...
Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Lobby Hard As Feds Change Tune on Pipelines
It’s been a month of mostly good news for Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, the two...
LNG Companies Lobby Federal Government 63 Times Since October
It’s been a rough start to 2016 for many companies hoping to build liquefied natural...
Lobbyists Outnumber B.C. MLAs 30 to One
This is a guest post by Dermod Travis, executive director of IntegrityBC. Last month, lobbyists gathered in...
Liberals Targeted By Flurry of Fossil Fuel Lobbying Since Coming To Power
Only three-and-a-half months have passed since the federal election, but fossil fuel companies and lobby...
How We Can Pop Ottawa’s Lobby Bubble
"The lobbyist" and "the lobby" are terms we often hear in political discourse and in...
