Canadian Energy Centre

• Alberta’s ‘war room’ spent $22M on oil and gas ads, revealed in annual report

  New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy Centre's campaign to change attitudes toward Alberta's oil and gas.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• Alberta no longer pursuing plan to dump RCMP for provincial police force: justice minister mandate letter

  The new mandate letter place a renewed emphasis on more front-line resources to address gang activity, drug activity, as well as a urban crime 'specialized prosecution unit.'

  Politics

  Aug 1, 2023
  
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• Campaign by Alberta’s energy war room aims to promote Canadian oil to Americans

  The Canadian Energy Centre has launched a high-profile "awareness campaign," hoping to convince Americans their country should import more Canadian oil.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2021
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• Alberta’s energy ‘war room’ planning broad new ad campaign to change oil & gas perceptions

  Alberta's Canadian Energy Centre has put out a request for proposals on how to change the values and attitudes held by people in Eastern Canada and the northern United States.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2021
• ‘It’s silly’: Director of Bigfoot movie thanks Alberta energy centre for controversy

  After the controversy earlier this month, "it went back up to number eight and stayed there until last Sunday," Stassen, who also produced and wrote the movie, said.

  Economy

  Mar 28, 2021
• Alberta energy minister defends ‘war room’ petition against children’s ‘Bigfoot Family’ movie

  Sonya Savage says it's critical the Alberta government push back constantly against what it sees as false narratives that cast the oil and gas industry in a negative light.

  Politics

  Mar 16, 2021
• Alberta ‘war room’ says Netflix kids movie ‘Bigfoot Family’ disparages oil industry

  'Bigfoot Family' is about the son of the mythical creature who fights an oil company, and made its debut on the streaming service Netflix earlier this year.

  Politics

  Mar 12, 2021
• Alberta auditor flags $1.6B in government accounting blunders, oversight problems

  Auditor general Doug Wylie said the mistakes are on big-ticket files like the Keystone XL pipeline and the so-called energy war room.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2020
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• Inquiry into oil and gas foes to deliver report next year: Kenney

  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says an inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2020
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• Kenney government boosts budget for public inquiry looking at how anti-oil groups are funded, extends report’s deadline

  Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime.

  Politics

  Jun 25, 2020