Canadians for Affordable Energy
Canadians for Affordable Energy (CAE) Background Canadians for Affordable Energy (CAE) is a fossil fuel advocacy group launched in 2016 by New Brunswick Member of Parliament and conservative movement activist John Williamson. The group frames its pro-fossil fuels arguments as […]
Fuelling Canada
Fuelling Canada Background Fuelling Canada is a campaign launched by the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) that describes itself as a “resource hub […]
Anne Jordan
Anne Jordan Credentials Background Anne Jordan is vice president of the Canada Health Alliance, a Canadian anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown group. The group was involved in production of a video that, fact checkers found, included “misleading claims about variants of [COVID-19] and immunity, and recommends treatments that have not been proven effective against the virus,” such as […]
Canadian Energy Centre (CEC)
Image screenshot of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s announcement of the Energy War Room from video coverage by CBC Calgary. Those present include Oil Sands Strong founder Robbie Picard and Vivian Krause. Canadian Energy Centre Background The Canadian Energy Centre (CEC) is an Alberta provincial government corporation formed to promote the province’s fossil fuel industry, in […]
SecondStreet.org
SecondStreet.org Background SecondStreet.org was founded by Troy Lanigan and Mark Milke in 2017. In 2018 it obtained the seed funding to hire its president, Colin Craig and was publicly launched in February 2019, “After a short period of capacity building that included development of a student internship program,” its 2022 “Case for Support” and annual […]
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre *Image source: Manning Centre c/o: Jake Wright via Flickr, March 1, 2014. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Retrieved from Wikipedia. Credentials Background Pierre Marcel Poilievre is a member of the Canadian Parliament representing Carleton riding near Ottawa, Ontario. Polievre, a member of the […]
Net Zero Scrutiny Group
Background The Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG) is made up of backbench Conservative MPs, including former government ministers, and opposes many of the government’s net zero policies. The NZSG was formed in 2021 ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit, hosted by the UK in Glasgow, Scotland, and publicly launched in January 2022. The NZSG […]
The Steamboat Institute
The Steamboat Institute Background The Steamboat Institute is a conservative 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on March 4, 2008. According to its website, the group was founded “out of genuine concern […]
Craig Mackinlay
Credentials Background Craig Mackinlay was been the Conservative MP for South Thanet between 2015-2024, and was awarded a peerage in July 2024.2Kate Whannel. “Theresa May and ‘bionic’ MP awarded peerages,” BBC News, July 4, 2024. Archived July 5, […]
CAR26
Background CAR26 is a UK climate science denial group that formed shortly before the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow, Scotland. It claims to call for “informed rational analysis of Climate matters with an irreverent satirical spin – poking fun and calling out hypocrisy”. The group’s tagline is “Climate. Analysis. Reason”.1“Welcome to CAR26.org,” CAR26. Archived […]
