Opinion: We need an independent, non-partisan public inquiry into foreign election meddling that goes beyond China. Democracy is currently on trial in the court of Canadian public opinion.
My research shows that the Canadian-ness of large oil corporations operating in Canada is an inch deep. None are majority Canadian-owned. Of the 48 corporations on CAPP’s 2020 board, 30 were fully or majority foreign-owned. Seven more were very likely majority foreign-owned. That makes 37 of the 48 CAPP’s board members wholly or majority foreign-owned and influenced. CAPP gets approximatelyBefore the 2015 federal election, the American Petroleum Institute , the powerful U.
While insisting it’s non-partisan, CAPP backed the Conservatives to champion its anti-climate action agenda. Shortly before the 2019 federal election, CAPP held a daylong, closed-door conference with the federal Conservatives near Calgary to strategize onTopics included suing environmental groups to silence them, “rallying the base” using pro-oil front groups, getting support for more pipelines, lowering corporate taxes, and reducing regulation.
CAPP was allowed to register as a third-party advertiser for the first time in the 2019 federal election. As a registered third party, it could spend up to $1.5 million before and during the election period and run ads supporting candidates and parties and advocate on issues.
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