Have pretty much had it with Fat Cats telling Indigenous groups and environmentalists to stick to bake sales and bingo nights, from their Mount Royal mansions...
Who wants a REAL inquiry into influence campaigns over O&G in Canada?
OPEN THE BOOKS on Big Oil’s lobbying, PR, marketing, legal and hospitality budgets. Its foreign ownership value.
Every write-off and tax deduction.
You want to play this game? Let’s go.
Let’s see your executive compensation. Your options agreements.
You want to pick on volunteers and small town groups that care about their communities?
Quit hiding behind researchers you pay with speaking fees, and show what you’re made of.
Literally.
Show us the political fundraisers you’re hosting for your “friends.”
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This country has funnelled millions into investigations of citizen groups & non-profits on the word of a single crusader, whose work was never fact-checked.
Their crime? Being part of a global movement to save the Earth from fossil fuels.
3. Still, even though many poll analysts are giving Biden similar odds to Clinton, I think his odds are better, notwithstanding the incumbent advantage AND electoral college bias towards GOP.
There are signs of much too poor/inadequate governance for a charity of WE’s income stream.
a) board turnover, & signs of a captive board in Canada
b) inadequate Cdn governance expertise—WE cd not form a minimally competent Cdn finance/audit cttee w current board. 1/
c) captive auditor? Same small audit firm for entirety of charity’s life. Overdue for fresh eyes & tier-1 auditor.
d) board is MUCH too small & inexperienced for org size.
e) senior marquee board members tend to be in foreign jurisdictions—eg the Kissinger/Theranos effect 2/
f) classic Founder Syndrome signs. Personality/charisma driven w weak/closely held or absentee governing structure. 3/