Resource Works

Background

Resource Works describes itself as a “public-interest advocacy and communications not-for-profit” based in Vancouver, BC, with the stated mission to “reignite the promise of Canada’s economic future leading respectful, inclusive and fact-based dialogue on natural resource development.”¹

Resource Works offered the following description in 2014, emphasizing its focus on natural resource development:²

“Resource Works is an independent Society open to participation by British Columbians from all walks of life who are concerned about their future economic opportunities. It is a response to the widespread observation that low economic literacy is a barrier to meaningful public discourse on matters central to the quality of life of British Columbians.

“Resource Works communicates with British Columbians about the importance of the province’s resource sectors for their personal well-being. It demonstrates how responsible development of British Columbia’s resources creates jobs and innovation throughout the province, both directly and indirectly, while maintaining a clean and healthy environment. And Resource Works shows how the long-term economic future of British Columbia including the Lower Mainland depends on the responsible development and extraction of the province’s resources.”

As reported at The Narwhal, Resource Works was given seed funding by the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC), which said in its 2014 annual report, the Business Council “launched several initiatives that are of strategic importance to the province’s economy” that included Resource Works.³ ⁴

The BCBC annual report offered the following description:

“Resource Works, launched in April 2014, brings British Columbians together for a respectful, fact-based dialogue on responsible resource development in the province and the connected nature of our urban and rural economies. As an initiative spurred out of the BC Agenda for Shared Prosperity (BCASP) project, Resource Works seeks to highlight how natural resources contribute to achieving the common economic and social prosperity goals British Columbians share. In one short year the organization has gained national acclaim as a respected and leading instigator of information, dialogue and awareness building among the broad population and thought leaders alike.”

While BCBC no longer lists its members, in 2014 its members included large oil companies, pipeline companies, and The Fraser Institute. Click or select an industry below to see members in 2014:

Or view the full list below:

According to its filed corporation documents at British Columbia registries, the purpose of the Resource Works Society (business number 81169 2235 BC0001) are:

“1. to communicate with British Columbians about the importance of the Province’s resource sectors to
their personal well-being;

2. to demonstrate how responsible and innovative development of British Columbia’s resources creates jobs and incomes throughout the Province, both directly and indirectly, while maintaining a clean and healthy environment;

3. to explain that the long term economic future of British Columbia depends on the responsible development and extraction of the Province’s resource wealth;

4. an to be an independent society open to participation by British Columbians who are interested in the
opportunities resource development bring to the Province.”

According to its bylaws as of 2018, “Members may consist of both individuals and corporate entities.”

Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase

Resource Works is behind the the Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase, an event that claims it “seeks to highlight the ways that leading-edge relationships between Indigenous business and corporate Canada are making reconciliation a reality for the whole nation.”

Event sponsors have included Enbridge, the oil advocacy group Modern Miracle Network, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Teck Resources, the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, Coastal GasLink among others (see full list below sponsors listed for the 2022 conference).⁵

Stance on Climate Change

August 31, 2022

Stewart Muir and Resource Works managing director Margareta Dovgal wrote at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute that natural resource development and “Capital formation” would be elements in adapting to climate change:⁶

“A poor, weak, irrelevant country can’t reduce emissions, adapt to climate change, defend its borders or invest in healthcare, education and reconciliation,” they wrote.

“Natural resources are not incidental to our exceptional quality of life. They are the foundation. They are the way to ensure a future for Canada where we all thrive, combat climate change, develop high-impact science and technology exports, and make a better world possible.”

October 18, 2022

Resource Works tweeted an article called “Suppressing good news is scaring our kids witless” by Bjorn Lomborg in the Financial Post. Lomborg claimed in the article that polar bears have not been as negatively impacted by climate change as portrayed in the media.⁷

MT @BjornLomborg: Polar bears used to be the poster child of climate change. But their numbers have actuually been increasing. We don’t hear this news. Instead, campaigners just quietly stopped using them in their activism: https://t.co/nPElA7N2U1 @financialpost pic.twitter.com/JA0x5ix7IA
— Resource Works (@Resource_Works) October 18, 2022

Funding

The Narwhal reported in 2015 that while Resource Works doesn’t disclose its funding sources, “the organization did volunteer the information that seed funding came from the B.C. Business Council, which says in its annual report that it ‘initiated’ the organization.”⁸ ⁹

Corporation Documents

Key People

Search by category or name below, or view Resource Works’ key people year over year in a spreadsheet format (.xlsx).

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November 29, 2022

Resource Works organized an event featuring a “conversation on the path to net zero” sponsored by the Pathways Alliance and Foresight Canada.¹⁰

Speakers listed include Mark Cameron, vice-president of external relations with the Pathways Alliance, Amee Barber of General Fusion, and Matthew Klippenstein of the Canadian Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association.

The Pathways Alliance includes major oil sands producing companies Canadian Natural, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy, and Suncor. The group claims to have the goal to “achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from our operations by 2050.”¹¹

November 28, 2022

Resource Works was one of the founding partners of “The BC Coalition for Action and Sustainable Prosperity,” a coalition calling itself a “group of Indigenous and business leaders, Nations, companies, organizations, and communities that possess the expertise and capacity to invest and sustainably and safely build necessary infrastructure and facilities, transport people and goods, and export B.C.’s bounty of low carbon natural resources, food, and energy products that the world needs and wants to buy from our province.”¹²

Founding members included:

Business Council of British Columbia
First Nations Major Projects Coalition
First Nations Climate Initiative
Global Container Terminals
Canadian Fuels Association
Mining Association of British Columbia
Sedgwick Strategies
The Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC)
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Shell
Resource Works
BC Trucking Association
North River Midstream
First Nations LNG Alliance

The group advocates for increasing development in BC on the premise of reducing global emissions:

“Critical minerals, metals, forest products, commodities, food, and energy exports from B.C. are on average half the greenhouse gas intensity of those from competing jurisdictions. To reduce global emissions and create prosperity we need timely access to markets,” they claim.

November 23, 2022

Stewart Muir appeared in a video by former BC Proud spokesman Aaron Gunn where Gunn advocates for the continued logging of old-growth forests in BC.¹³

According to Gunn, BC’s forestry industry has “been under attack by activists, protestors, and even our own government.”

Muir appears at 10:54 in the video:

“Forestry accounts for about one third of BC’s goods exports. It’s a huge amount,” Muir said in the video,.

Resource Works had published an article in February 2022 alleging bias of “narrow interest groups” who opposed logging in a Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel.¹⁴

“First Nations governments, along with industry, labour, community groups and public interest advocacy voices like Resource Works, were completely excluded from the process while a clique of groups that uniformly oppose logging were given privileged inside access to the panel and its process,” Resource Works wrote.

August 31, 2022

Resource Works executive director Stewart Muir and its managing director Margareta Dovgal co-wrote an article for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute‘s Inside Policy publication focusing on Natural resources as the “foundation…to our exceptional quality of life.”¹⁵

Muir and Dovgal suggested the idea that fossil fuels “will vanish from our energy system in 20 years or less” is “an absurd belief if you consider the hard evidence” and that it “has been a source of votes for political candidates taking up the banner of radical energy transition.”

They also promote hydrogen as a “promising opportunity,” adding: “We ourselves are part of a team developing a project to produce competitively priced green hydrogen using a pioneering, proven process.”

“Nonetheless it remains the responsible development of existing, commercially-deployable-right-now, high-value assets in energy that positions Canada to invest in clean tech.”

“Alberta’s energy patch is leaner today, with a renewed determination to succeed in the new, low-emissions world. Oil companies are going into the carbon-management business. Not just companies but also governments, small business owners, workers and First Nations with their own economic aspirations are seeing the writing on the wall: only with greatly improved environmental performance can this story continue,” they wrote.

“Capital formation for innovation and decarbonization requires real commercial viability and an enabling regulatory regime. Why would anyone ever invest in building these (speculative) things in Canada when we can’t even get the existing goods to market? Why invest in Canada’s energy future, when we can’t even project confidence on the present opportunities?”

March 14, 2022

Stewart Muir appeared on The Nemeth Report on an episode titled “ENGO Protest & Violence: Is it getting worse?“¹⁶

Tammy Nemeth previously talked to the Friends of Science, a Calgary-based group that denies global warming,¹⁷ about her role in the so-called “Allan Inquiry” in Alberta, which investigated the environmental movement in Canada under Jason Kenney’s UCP and found no wrongdoing.¹⁸

Nemeth’s contribution to the Inquiry claimed a “transnational progressive movement” is attempting to overthrow the “modern western industrial capitalist society” by infiltrating institutions such as the United Nations and the World Bank, universities and corporations, CBC News reported.¹⁹

According to the episode description, Nemeth spoke to Muir on “the ongoing and escalating environmental activism and violence against resource development projects in British Columbia.”

February 28, 2022

Resource Works advocated for increasing Canadian LNG exports shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. ²⁰

“BC LNG could build a safer and cleaner world,” Resource Works suggested in a blog post. “Europe desperately needs to secure long-term and stable supplies of natural gas, now that its supply is threatened by Russia’s hard-line geo-politics.”

The article concludes with a call to action to those in government to approve LNG export project: “can we please move fast to get Canada into the game to meet some of that world demand?”

January 25, 2022

Resource Works published an article on carbon capture and storage (CCS), claiming opponents of CCS “are playing a dangerous game.”²¹

“Purist climate activists are courting disaster with a new attempt to undermine confidence in a Canadian carbon capture project that has pioneered climate-friendly technologies now in use in Norway and The Netherlands,” the Resource Works article claimed.

Resource Works alleged, “It’s plain to see that a distaste for oil & gas is behind” the report by Global Witness titled “Hydrogen’s Hidden Emissions.” The Global Witness report criticized Shell’s hydrogen plant in Alberta, Canada for “emitting more climate-wrecking gases than it is capturing.”

“Industry lobbyists claim that 90% or more of the carbon dioxide produced at fossil hydrogen plants will be captured. However, only 48% of the carbon emissions produced at Shell’s plant are being captured – far less than promised by the industry in general,” the Global Witness report suggested.²²

January 20, 2022

Stewart Muir discussed the environmental movement in BC as a “threat” to investment, claiming coordination on environmental lobbying as part of a “Grand Coalition.”²³

Muir wrote:

“In several cases, the coalition agenda is sprawling and the distinguishing features aren’t immediately evident. Four broad themes are at work. Each constitutes some kind of threat to investment intentions, the health of rural communities, and a successful economy that benefits all British Columbia residents:

1. Land use in general
2. Maritime activities
3. Climate policies
4. Specific projects and industries”

Muir claims “the Grand Coalition has been incredibly successful in creating and controlling propaganda vehicles,” and names media outlets The Narwhal and National Observer. He contrasts this with what he describes as the “pro-economy coalition” that “has benefited from limited but consistent support from some corners of legacy news organizations where journalism as it was once defined is still practiced.”

December 2021

Citing the Canadian Energy Centre and members of the First Nations LNG Alliance, Resource Works suggested Wet’suwet’en community members who supported pipeline development were experiencing a “forgotten struggle.”²⁴

“British Columbians have lately been hearing a lot about the Wet’suwet’en people. But, as new blockades and anti-pipeline protests appear in the province’s north, the loudest voices are not always representative of the community. In fact, in this case, the loudest chorus comes from outsiders,” Resource Works’ research and communications coordinator Josiah Haynes claimed in the Resource Works article.

“[I]f CGL has widespread support from community members, elected governments, and even some hereditary leaders, why do blockade figures persist in persecuting dissenting voices and threatening workers?” he asked.

May 2021

Resource Works released a publication on forestry in BC purportedly “Setting the record straight” and opposing an end to old-growth tree harvesting.²⁵

“Alarming claims are being made about the state of forestry in British Columbia,” the publication claimed. “Some say that forests are in a state of crisis that can only be addressed by extreme and immediate actions.”

“We decided to review those talking points. Among them, we refute the claims being placed before local governments requesting that motions and resolutions be passed to end old-growth harvesting.”

“The fact is, forest management in BC is not in crisis; far from it. Rather, there is a ‘crisis’ of misinformation.”

April 8, 2021

Resource Works and the Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery commissioned a poll that claimed to find “An overwhelming majority of Canadians believe that natural resource development is an important contributor to the economy and investing in it will help the nation’s post COVID-19 recovery.”²⁶

“[M]ost Canadians connect the dots between the high quality of life they enjoy, and the natural resource sector that remains in 2021 an economic driver we cannot do without,” Stewart Muir said of the poll.

“Continued use and development of natural resources will generate good jobs, provide government revenues and result in innovations that reduce their climate impact,” he said.

March 22, 2021

Stewart Muir wrote a letter to Jean-Denis Charlebois with the Canada Energy Regulator “to indicate our support for Trans Mountain’s request for confidentiality regarding the identity of its insurers” with regards to the Trans Mountain pipeline.”²⁷

“With a strong business case, the full support of the relevant elected government, and decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, the operation of this pipeline should be a foregone conclusion,” Muir wrote.

“Turning down the Project’s request for confidentiality would make it easier to conduct harassment campaigns while providing no benefit to Canadians,” he claimed.

November 2020

Resource Works executive director Stewart Muir created and circulated an open letter to be signed by mayors of BC communities to then-BC-premier John Horgan advocating for increased resource development as part of a pandemic recovery plan.²⁸

“Over the next four years, supporting responsible natural resource development is one of the most crucial things you can do,” the letter read. “Supporting natural resources means ensuring the right policies are in place.”

The letter listed “pillars” of economic well-being as including to “move quickly to enable shovel-ready projects to proceed.”

2020

The Resource Works project, Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery, released a report promoting the natural resource sector’s involvement in economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. It was titled “Securing Canada’s Economic Future: Natural resources for real jobs and real recovery.”²⁹

“The natural resource sector is now poised to lead efforts with the federal government to rebuild a prosperous economy while meeting our climate targets,” the report read.

The report said its recommendations came from a “36-member coalition of industry, business, labour and Indigenous groups from mining, construction, forestry, labour, chemistry, transportation, oil and gas and Indigenous economic development.” Listed coalition members included a number of oil, forestry, mining, and other natural resource development advocate groups:

Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association
Alberta Chamber of Resources
Alberta Forest Products Association
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association
Association for Mineral Exploration of BC
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Atlantica Centre for Energy
BC Chamber of Commerce
BC Construction Association
Business Council of Alberta
Canada West Construction Union
Canada Works Council
Canada’s Ironworkers
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Chambre de Commerce du Canada
Canadian Energy Pipelines Association
Canadian Fuels Association
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)
Québec Provincial Building Trades Council (International)
Des Nedhe Development
First Nations LNG Alliance
Forest Products Association of Canada
Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of BC
Indigenous Resource Network
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC)
Prince George Chamber of Commerce
Progressive Contractors Association of Canada
Resource Municipalities Coalition
Resource Works Society
Saskatchewan Mining Association
Surrey Board of Trade
Truck Loggers Association

The report suggested Canada should “Publicly and vocally endorse the Canadian natural resource brand” and “Commit to evidence-, science- and outcomes-based impact assessment
decisions,” to “Extend the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for major capital projects to
2030 and consider making it permanent,” among other recommendations.

One section outlines recommendations on how to “Align climate action and natural resource development” with the below points:

Develop an integrated climate and natural resource strategy that reconciles climate objectives and export of low-emissions resource commodities.
Rationalize the cumulative cost of the Clean Fuel Standard with federal and provincial GHG pricing systems.
Collaborate with provinces on: a. Implementing a robust GHG offset system, including the necessary protocols and market mechanisms to incentivize innovation. b. Ensuring a level playing field on carbon taxes or cap-and-trade emissions trading allowance pricing to ensure they don’t become barriers to internal trade. c. Accelerating investment in low-emissions innovations for facilities and sectors that are best positioned to fast-track the post-COVID-19 economic recovery”

January 28–30, 2020

Resource Works was a sponsor of the BC Natural Resources Forum. Stewart Muir was also thanked in the event program.³⁰

Speakers included Haisla Chief Councillor Crystal Smith, chair of the First Nations LNG Alliance (FNLNG), although this affiliation is not listed in the program. Dan George, also a panelist, was FNLNG’s former chair. Mayor Lori Ackerman, who would later become a board member at Resource Works, was on a panel titled “Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader” along with representatives from the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, Shell Canada, BC Hydro, and moderated by Tim McMillan, President and CEO of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).

The following was the program for the event:

Program Title	Program Sponsor	Role	Name	Description
Pre-Bankquet Tradeshow Reception	Coatal GasLink Pipeline Project Ltd.
Celebrating Natural Resources Banquet	Abacus Data		Bruce Anderson	Chairman, Abacus Data
Celebrating Natural Resources Banquet	Abacus Data		Tracy Robinson	Executive Vice President, President Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines, TC Energy
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Hon. Doug Donaldson	BC Minister of Forests, Lands, Natrual Resource Operations & Rural Dev.
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Hon. Scott Fraser	BC Minister of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Hon. George Heyman	BC Minister of Environment & Climate Change Strategy
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Hon. Michelle Mungall	BC Minister of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Hon. Bruce Ralston	BC Minister of Jobs, Trade & Technology
Resource Ministers’ Breakfast	Tourmaline Oil Corp.		Bryan Cox	President and CEO, BC LNG Alliance
Morning Coffee & Networking	Enbridge
Official Conference Opening		MC	Sarah Weber	(MC). President & CEO, C3 Alliance Corp.
Official Conference Opening			Dayi (Chief) Clayton Pountney	Lheidli T’enneh First Nation
Official Conference Opening			Bob Zimmer	MP, Prince George, Peace River, Northern Rockies
Official Conference Opening			Shirley Bond	MLA, Prince George, Valemount
Official Conference Opening			Mayor Lyn Hall	City of Prince George
Opening Keynote Address			Affonso Bizon	General Manager, Rio Tinto BC Works
Panel 1 – A Collective Vision for BC’s Mining Sector	Seabridge Gold	Panelist	Chief John French	Takla Nation
Panel 1 – A Collective Vision for BC’s Mining Sector	Seabridge Gold	Panelist	Heather Lawrence	Global Manager, Indigenous Affairs, Teck Resources
Panel 1 – A Collective Vision for BC’s Mining Sector	Seabridge Gold	Panelist	Kathryn Teneese	National Chair, Ktunaxa Nation Council
Panel 1 – A Collective Vision for BC’s Mining Sector	Seabridge Gold	Panelist	Ben Wither	Manager HSEC and People at Red Chris, Newcrest Mining
Panel 1 – A Collective Vision for BC’s Mining Sector	Seabridge Gold	Moderator	Michael Goehring	President & CEO, Mining Association of BC
Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking	CLRA-BC
Wednesday Keynote Luncheon	Prince Rupert Port Authority		Hon. John Horgan	Premier of British Columbia
Tradeshow Networking Break
Afternoon Keynote Address			Sue Paish	CEO, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Panel 2 Cross-Sector CEO Outlooks		Panelist	Raghwa Gopal	President & CEO, Innovate BC
Panel 2 Cross-Sector CEO Outlooks		Panelist	Paul Gruner	President & CEO, Det’on Cho Corporation
Panel 2 Cross-Sector CEO Outlooks		Panelist	Kasi Rao	President & CEO, Canada-India Business Council
Panel 2 Cross-Sector CEO Outlooks		Panelist	Peter Zebedee	CEO, LNG Canada
Panel 2 Cross-Sector CEO Outlooks		Moderator	Geneviève Latour	General Manager, Communities & Communications, Aluminum, Rio Tinto
Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking	IUOE Local 115
Panel 3 – Prosperity Through Partnerships	Summit Earthworks Inc.	Panelist	Maynard Angus	Manager, Indigenous Relations, Prince Rupert Port Authority
Panel 3 – Prosperity Through Partnerships	Summit Earthworks Inc.	Panelist	Dan George	President & CEO, Four Directions Management Services
Panel 3 – Prosperity Through Partnerships	Summit Earthworks Inc.	Panelist	Juergen Puetter	CEO, Renewable Hydrogen Canada
Panel 3 – Prosperity Through Partnerships	Summit Earthworks Inc.	Panelist	Lindsay Thompson	Director, Indigenous Relations, BC Hydro
Panel 3 – Prosperity Through Partnerships	Summit Earthworks Inc.	Moderator	Joel McKay	CEO, Northern Development Initiative Trust
Morning Coffee & Networking	Chevron Kitimat LNG
Conference Day Two Opening Remarks			Joel McKay	CEO, Northern Development Initiative Trust
Opening Keynote Address			James Thompson	Vice-President, Western Region, CN
Panel 4 – Global Leadership in Sustainable Forest Management		Panelist	Shannon Janzen	Vice President & Chief Forester, Western Forest Products
Panel 4 – Global Leadership in Sustainable Forest Management		Panelist	Kurt Niquidet	Vice President & Chief Economist, BC Council of Forest Industries
Panel 4 – Global Leadership in Sustainable Forest Management		Panelist	Chief Willie Sellars	T’exelcemc – Williams Lake Band
Panel 4 – Global Leadership in Sustainable Forest Management		Panelist	Mayor Bob Simpson	City of Quesnel
Panel 4 – Global Leadership in Sustainable Forest Management		Moderator	Michelle Ward	Director, Corporate Communications, Canfor
Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking	United Steelworkers 1-2017
Panel 5 – Fresh Perspectives from Tomorrow’s Leaders	Geoscience BC	Panelist	Fiona McDonald	Project Manager, BC Council of Forest Industries
Panel 5 – Fresh Perspectives from Tomorrow’s Leaders	Geoscience BC	Panelist	Anitra Paris	Operations & Policy Manager, Clean Energy Association of BC
Panel 5 – Fresh Perspectives from Tomorrow’s Leaders	Geoscience BC	Panelist	Kody Penner	Employment Director, Tahltan Central Government
Panel 5 – Fresh Perspectives from Tomorrow’s Leaders	Geoscience BC	Panelist	Jessica Verhagen	Chief Operating Officer, Hydra Energy Corp.
Panel 5 – Fresh Perspectives from Tomorrow’s Leaders	Geoscience BC	Moderator	Kendra Johnson	President & CEO, Association for Mineral Exploration
Tradeshow Networking Break
Panel 6 – Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader	Spartan Controls	Panelist	Mayor Lori Ackerman	City of Fort St. John
Panel 6 – Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader	Spartan Controls	Panelist	Chris Bloomer	President & CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Panel 6 – Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader	Spartan Controls	Panelist	Michael Crothers	President & Country Chair, Shell Canada Limited
Panel 6 – Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader	Spartan Controls	Panelist	Chris O’Riley	President & CEO, BC Hydro
Panel 6 – Tapping BC’s Potential as an Energy Leader	Spartan Controls	Moderator	Tim McMillan	President & CEO, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Event sponsors were listed as follows:

Sponsor Category	Name
Patron	Rio Tinto
Presenting	CN
Platinum	ABC Recycling
Platinum	Fasken Law Firm
Platinum	North Coal
Platinum	Skeena Resources
Diamond	Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Diamond	Innovate BC
Diamond	Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Charging Station	Community Futures
Gold	Canadian Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Council
Gold	Iron Spear
Gold	LNG Canada
Gold	McElhanney
Gold	Shell
Gold	Strategies 360
Gold	Teck Resources
Special Event	Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)
Special Event	Ecofor
Special Event	Prince Rupert Port Authority
Special Event	Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Project
Special Event	Abacus Data
Special Event	BC LNG Alliance
Silver	AltaGas
Silver	BC Hydro
Silver	Binnie
Silver	Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Silver	Centerra Gold
Silver	BC Council of Forest Industries
Silver	Cross Country Infrastructure Services
Silver	Environmental Dynamics Inc. (EDI)
Silver	Forestry Innovation Investment
Silver	Llama Zoo
Silver	Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat
Silver	Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Silver	Stantec
Silver	Strategic Natural Resource Consultants
Silver	Triton Environmental Consultants
Sessons	Association of BC Forest Professionals
Sessons	Geoscience BC
Sessons	KSM Project – Seabridge Gold
Sessons	Spartan Controls
Sessons	Summit Earthworks
Bronze	Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC)
Bronze	College of New Caledonia (CNC)
Bronze	Canadian Pipeline Advisory Council
Bronze	Encana
Bronze	Fortis BC
Bronze	New Gold
Bronze	Pacific Northern Gas Ltd (PNG)
Copper	Blake Productions Ltd.
Copper	Colonial Coal International Corp.
Copper	ConocoPhillips Canada
Copper	Eco Fish Research
Copper	Petronas
Nutritional Breaks	BC Construction Employers
Nutritional Breaks	Enbridge
Nutritional Breaks	IUOE Local 115
Nutritional Breaks	Kitimat LNG – Chevron
Nutritional Breaks	United Steelworkers
Media	99.3 The Drive
Media	CKPGTODAY.CA
Media	CKPG TV
Media	THE RIVER 1013
Partial Proceeds Support	Mining for Miracles
Partial Proceeds Support	In Support of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
Partial Proceeds Support	Outland – a Division of Texterra
Supporters	Resource Works
Supporters	Resource World Magazine
Water Bottle	Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School
Online Q&A	Paper Excellence
Name Badges	Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers Canada (CMAW)
Student	Association for Mineral Exploration (AME)
Hotel Partners	Coast
Hotel Partners	Courtyard Marriott
Hotel Partners	Four Points by Sheraton
Hotel Partners	Pomeroy Inn & Suites
Hotel Partners	Ramada Plaza
Hotel Partners	Sandman Signature Hotels & Resorts
Hosted By	C3 Alliance Corp.

October 5, 2018

Stewart Muir, representing Resource Works, and Cheryl Maitland Muir, representing the Business Council of British Columbia—the group that launched Resource Works—were listed as intervenors in an application for the reconsideration of the Trans Mountain expansion project by Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.³¹ ³²

Companies

Petronas Canada

Brian Cox of Petronas Canada commented a the 2023 BC Natural Resources Forum: “I’ve had the opportunity of working with ResourceWorks since the very beginning with Stewart Muir and his great work in connecting natural resources and the importance of those to British Columbians.”³³

Resource Works Programs

Homeland Journey — a program developed by Resource Works and “made possible by” the Modern Miracle Network, a pro-oil advocacy group founded by the CEO of Questerre Energy and tied to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
Green Growth BC — Resource Works describes itself as the “engine behind” this initiative to “research and share fact-based science about forestry in BC.”³⁴
Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery — “Organized by” Resource Works.³⁵Homepage, Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery. Archived November 24, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/V8My1According to their profile at the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada, members include:³⁶“Real Jobs, Real Recovery Coalition / Stewart Muir, Consultant,” Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Archived December 6, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yj9xo
- Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association (ASWA)
- Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association
- Alberta Chamber of Resources
- Alberta Forest Products Association
- Association For Mineral Exploration BC
- Atlantica Centre for Energy / Centre d’Atlantica pour l’Energy
- Atlantic Chamber of Commerce // Chamber de Commerce de l’Atlantique
- British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
- British Columbia Construction Association
- Business Council of Alberta
- Canada’s Building Trades Unions / Les Syndicates des metiers de la construction du Canada
- Canada West Construction Union
- Canada Works Council
- Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
- Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Energy Pipelines Association / association canadienne de pipelines d’énergie
- Canadian Fuels Association / association canadienne des carburants
- Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters / Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Canada
- Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters / Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Canada
- Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
- Christian Labour Association of Canada
- Des Nedhe Development
- Exploreres and Producers Association of Canada / L’Association des Explorateurs et Producteurs du Canada
- First Nations LNG Alliance
- Forest Products Association of Canada / Association des produits forestiers du Canada
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association
- Indigenous Resource Network
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
- Mining Association of Canada / L’association minière du Canada
- NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
- Ontario Ironworkers District Council
- Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC)
- Prince George Chamber of Commerce
- Progessive Contractors Association of Canada
- Québec Provincial Building Trades Council(International) / Conseil provincial du Québec des métiers de la construction (International)
- Resource Municipalities Coalition
- Resource Works Society
- Saskatchewan Mining Association
- Surrey Board of Trade
- Truck Loggers Association

Contact & Address

Resource Works shares the address of the Business Council of British Columbia:³⁷

³⁸

Suite 960 – 1050 W Pender
Vancouver, BC
V6E 3S7
Ph: 778.588.9352 (Office)

Other Resources

Resources

1
“Mission,” Resource Works. Archived November 14, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tDnZy
2
Philip Cross. “The 7 Myths of BC’s Resource Economy” (PDF), Resource Works, April 9, 2014. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
3
Donald Gutstein. “Resource Works: Two Cheers for Natural Resources?” The Narwhal, August 7, 2015. Archived December 2, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cj6Bb
4
“Annual Report 2014: Where Leaders Meet to Unlock BC’s Full Potential,” Business Council of British Columbia.
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“Sponsors.” 2022 Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase. Archived May 6, 2022. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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“The coming energy crisis: How did things get so bad, so fast? Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal for Inside Policy,” Macdonald-Laurier Institute, August 31, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/REO1l
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Bjorn Lomborg. “Bjorn Lomborg: Suppressing good news is scaring our kids witless,” Financial Post, September 15, 2022. Archived September 15, 2022.
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Donald Gutstein. “Resource Works: Two Cheers for Natural Resources?” The Narwhal, August 7, 2015. Archived December 2, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cj6Bb
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“Annual Report 2014: Where Leaders Meet to Unlock BC’s Full Potential,” Business Council of British Columbia.
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“LUNCH: Energy leaders in conversation on the path to net zero,” Evenbrite. Archived November 24, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/o9h8C
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“Who we are,” Pathways Alliance. Archived November 24, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/cs6Jz
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“FNMPC, BCBC and FNCI announce a Coalition in support of action to urgently address global and domestic climate change that achieves a just and prosperous British Columbia,” Business Council of British Columbia, November 28, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xP663
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“Last Stand: The War for BC’s Old Growth Forests,” Facebook video by Aaron Gunn, November 23, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
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“How a blatantly biased forestry panel steered toward a crucial outcome,” Resource Works, February 7, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tgqGT
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Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal. “The coming energy crisis: How did things get so bad, so fast? Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal for Inside Policy,” Macdonald-Laurier Institute, August 31, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/aPGnK
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“Season 2 Episode 3 — ENGO Protest & Violence: Is it getting worse? Conversation with Stewart Muir,” The Nemeth Report, March 14, 2022. Archived December 2, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
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“Dr. Tammy Nemeth: The Transnational Progressive Movement,” Friends of Science Calgary, May 20, 2022. Archived December 2, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/N46sv
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Drew Anderson. “‘Anti-Alberta’ inquiry points finger at media and environmentalists but finds no wrongdoing,” The Narwhal, October 21, 2021. Archived December 2, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/lLIIA
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Janet French. “Alberta inquiry commissioner Steve Allan donated 9 months of work, report says,” CBC News, May 13, 2022. Archived December 2, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TUAud
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“It’s time to get Canada into the world LNG game,” Resource Works, February 28, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jGpnb
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“Move to scuttle carbon capture would be equivalent of banning all renewable energy,” Resource Works, January 25, 2022. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/XR95L
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“HYDROGEN’S HIDDEN EMISSIONS” (PDF), Global Witness, January 2022. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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Stewart Muir. “Meet the grand coalition,” Resource Works. Archived December 1, 2022.
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“‘They’re ruining our names,’ say Wet’suwet’en community members,” Resource Works, December 7, 2021. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5Sgx9
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“Forestry in BC: Setting the Record Straight” (PDF), Resource Works, May 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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“Resource Works: Four out of Five Canadians Say Natural Resources Are Good for the Economy,” Bloomberg, April 8, 2021. Archived December 6, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rdbEv
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“Insurance request is about the integrity of the public process and the civility of political debate” (PDF), Resource Works, March 22, 2021. Retrieved from Canada Energy regulator documents index. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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“Additional Agenda,” Mackenzie British Columbia Council, November 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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“Securing Canada’s Economic Future: Natural resources for real jobs and real recovery” (PDF), Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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“17th Annual BC Natural Resources Forum,” BC Natural Resources Forum, January 20, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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LIST OF PARTIES / LISTE DES PARTIES: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Reconsideration (HEARING ORDER MH-052-2018). Canadian Energy Regulator, October 5, 2018. Archived December 5, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hLbDh
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“Annual Report 2014: Where Leaders Meet to Unlock BC’s Full Potential,” Business Council of British Columbia.
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20th Annual BC Natural Resources Forum, video on file at DeSmog.
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“Resource Works marks ten years with fresh commitment to goals,” Resource Works. Archived November 19, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hOVCC
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Homepage, Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery. Archived November 24, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/V8My1
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“Real Jobs, Real Recovery Coalition / Stewart Muir, Consultant,” Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Archived December 6, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yj9xo
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“About,” British Council of British Columbia. Archived December 6, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wjMnr
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“Mission,” Resource Works. Archived November 14, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tDnZy

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