The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘Incredible alignment’: Canada is picking away at an oil and gas industry wish list https://thenarwhal.ca/build-canada-list-requests-carney/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=153247 With a host of announcements and agreements last year, the Carney government is working its way through a public list of requests from fossil fuel industry lobbyists and execs Carl Meyer Analysis climate change Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney sit with pens in their hands, smiling, in front of Canadian and Albertan flags. Canada says anti-greenwashing law prevents industry from ‘speaking up’ https://thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing-law-cuts-industry-silence/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=149313 Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving to nix some rules around how fossil fuel companies and other groups advertise their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended Carl Meyer News federal politics greenwashing oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Supplied by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment An advertisement in a public transit station reads, "B.C. LNG will reduce global emissions." 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 ‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-landowners-maga-energy/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=148061 Landowners ring alarm bells about the Alberta government paying them on behalf of delinquent oil and gas companies Drew Anderson and Isabella Falsetti On the ground Alberta oil and gas oil and gas influence A woman looks off into the distance with an oil and gas rig in a field behind her. Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from TC Energy https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-csis-intelligence-sharing/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=147353 Documents reveal Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government for changes that enable access to sensitive intelligence information gathered by the country’s spy agency Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons Investigation Corporate Influence foi oil and gas oil and gas influence TC Energy Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol illustration including photos of former CSIS director David Vigneault and TC Energy CEO Francois Poirier, with shadowy figures behind Who gets to talk to Carney? Natural resource lobbyists, not environmentalists https://thenarwhal.ca/carney-natural-resource-lobbying/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=147013 New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records Xavi Richer Vis Investigation Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas influence Photo: Kamara Morozuk / The Narwhal Wearing a dark suit, Prime Minister Mark Carney smiles and points as he arrives at Rideau Hall ahead of his swearing-in ceremony. ‘Broken’ trust: senior political staffers met by jeers at meeting with rural Albertans https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-meeting-warburg/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:39:07 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=144936 Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a ‘giant stinking pile of shit,’ according to the premier’s special advisor, who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue and is on the Alberta Energy Regulator board Drew Anderson and Isabella Falsetti News Alberta oil and gas oil and gas influence A man pointing his finger and speaking angrily at a surface rights meeting in Warburg, Alta. Carney touted oil and gas ‘partnerships.’ CEOs wanted to talk Trudeau’s climate plan https://thenarwhal.ca/carney-climate-plan-oil-lobbying/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=143571 Update to Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan is coming that will take ‘evolving global and economic context’ into account, government says Carl Meyer Investigation climate change Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen wearing a suit and gesturing as he speaks to attendees of a meeting. Behind the prime minister are four Canadian flags. Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-regulator-cnrl-delay-deactivating-pipelines/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=140284 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. failed to deliver on a promise to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a special deal with B.C.’s energy regulator Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Investigation B.C. contaminated sites foi oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal A gas pipeline station at sunset Daily contact, a Ford phone call: docs reveal Ontario government’s close relationship with Enbridge https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas-ontario-future/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=139390 Ontario’s new energy plan echoes internal conversations with Enbridge — both pin the province’s energy future to natural gas Fatima Syed Investigation Corporate Influence Enbridge natural gas oil and gas oil and gas influence Ontario Photo: Doug Ford / X Ontario Premier Doug Ford and members of his cabinet including Energy Minister Stephen Lecce and others dig shovels into a sandy berm and throw sand in the air, wearing white Enbridge hard hats Two Albertas: rural town halls and Big Oil’s halls of power https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-big-oil-energy-contrasts/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=139547 A meeting in rural Alberta reveals a knot of tension in the global oil industry: who bears its burden? It's a divide between economic promises and the struggles of small communities Drew Anderson Analysis Alberta Democracy oil and gas oil and gas influence Photos: Drew Anderson / The Narwhal A collage of two images, one show Alberta Premier Danelle Smith onstage at the Global Energy Show, the other showing Rural Municipalities of Alberta president Kara Westerlund standing at a podium in the Warburg Community Hall.