The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 BC Hydro in court to keep Site C expenditure details from public https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-hydro-in-court-to-keep-site-c-expenditure-details-from-public/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 01:29:47 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9714 Transparency in publicly-funded hydro project even more essential in wake of B.C. Legislature expense scandal, expert says Sarah Cox News BC Hydro Freedom of Information Site C dam transparency Site C Federal Freedom of Information in Canada Worse Now Than Under Harper: New Report https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-freedom-information-canada-worse-now-under-harper-new-report/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:52:01 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/09/29/federal-freedom-information-canada-worse-now-under-harper-new-report/ Carol Linnitt News Bill C-58 Freedom of Information Justin Trudeau Liberal Party media News Right Second transparency Trudeau Government Freedom of Information Seriously Suffered Under BC Liberals’ Last Years: Report https://thenarwhal.ca/freedom-information-seriously-suffered-under-bc-liberals-last-years-report/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:35:02 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/09/25/freedom-information-seriously-suffered-under-bc-liberals-last-years-report/ admin News BC Liberals Drew McArthur Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Information Commissioner News Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner Report Timing is Everything transparency Is Trudeau Quietly Turning His Back On Fixing Canada’s Environmental Laws? https://thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-quietly-turning-his-back-fixing-canada-s-environmental-laws/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:34:32 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/09/12/trudeau-quietly-turning-his-back-fixing-canada-s-environmental-laws/ Carol Linnitt In-Depth Aerin Jacob Chris Tollefson cumulative impacts Elizabeth May environmental assessment environmental law environmental reform Evidence for Democracy Justin Trudeau Katie Gibbs Policy transparency Fossil Fuel Industry Has Lobbied B.C. Government 22,000 Times Since 2010 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 Open Science: Can Canada Turn the Tide on Transparency in Decision-Making? https://thenarwhal.ca/open-science-can-canada-turn-tide-transparency-decision-making/ Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:13:35 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/12/20/open-science-can-canada-turn-tide-transparency-decision-making/ Carol Linnitt In-Depth Adam Ford Aerin Jacob Canada Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Environmental Assessment review In-Depth open data open science Patrick McLaren Right Second Science transparency Lobbyists Outnumber B.C. MLAs 30 to One https://thenarwhal.ca/lobbyists-outnumber-bc-mlas-30-one/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:31:17 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/02/10/lobbyists-outnumber-bc-mlas-30-one/ admin Opinion B.C. consultants lobby registry lobbying Lobbyists MLAs Opinion transparency Why Wasn’t Climate a Defining Canadian Election Issue? https://thenarwhal.ca/why-wasn-t-climate-canadian-election-issue/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:30:14 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/10/30/why-wasn-t-climate-canadian-election-issue/ Sutton Eaves Analysis Canada Climate climate communications Democracy election federal election Justin Trudeau Stephen Harper transparency values What Your New Liberal Majority Government Means for Climate, Environment, Science and Transparency https://thenarwhal.ca/what-your-new-liberal-majority-government-means-climate-environment-science-and-transparency/ Tue, 20 Oct 2015 03:53:43 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/10/20/what-your-new-liberal-majority-government-means-climate-environment-science-and-transparency/ Carol Linnitt News Climate cop 21 Energy environment information Liberal Party News Paris pipelines Platform Science tankers transparency UN Climate Summit Alberta’s Access to Information Problems Absent from Campaign Trail https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-access-information-problems-absent-campaign-trail/ Mon, 04 May 2015 20:43:04 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/05/04/alberta-access-information-problems-absent-campaign-trail/ Sean Holman access to information Alberta Freedom of Information transparency The Tyranny of the Talking Point https://thenarwhal.ca/tyranny-talking-point/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:03:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/02/23/tyranny-talking-point/ Sean Holman Opinion access to information communications Democracy Freedom of Information Harper Government Investigation journalism Opinion Public Relations Right Second secrecy spin transparency