In the “wild west” of B.C. democracy, the fossil fuel industry not only donates millions of dollars to the BC Liberal Party, but doubles down with intensive lobbying to influence public policy.
And that’s just one of the revelations of a new study on lobbying in the province by the left-of-centre Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The study found, for example, that the province’s top 10 fossil fuel firms, which are largely active in northeastern B.C., reported 19,517 lobbying contacts with public office holders between April 2010 and October 2016 — “an average of 14 lobbying contacts per business day.”
Andrew Nikiforuk – The Tyee – March 8, 2017.
They lobby the right and the left with billions