Thread by @climatekeith

Dear @TomOlsenXIX: Why isn’t @CDNEnergyCentre registered as a Third Party for #elxn44? elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPR/EN/…
The #ableg War Room is clearly promoting positions clearly identified with a #cdnpoli political party, so seems like they should register elections.ca/content.aspx?s… 1/n

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 2. For example, we know that the War Room is paying Hamish Marshall’s company ($6K/month?) to help promote its petitions calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s-priv…

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 3. The currently-highlighted petition is “Stop the Just Transition.” Just Transition is a key election platform commitment for the federal Liberal, NDP and Green parties (but not CPC) supportcanadianenergy.ca/stop_the_just_…

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 4. The War Room is paying for "issues, elections or politics" category ads on Facebook, incl trying to undermine latest IPCC scientific report on climate change by claiming that “Flawed UN report appears to have an apocalypse bias”. Climate is a top issue of concern for voters

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 5. The War Room has also been sending emails about the IPCC report under the heading of “Misinformation Watch”

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 6. On August 20 (after the start of the federal election campaign), the War Room sent an email urging people to share CEC materials on social media under the false claim that “Canada is already meeting its climate objectives.”

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 7. On August 27, it was a post attacking both the federal $170/tonne carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Standard – issues which clearly differentiate between political parties in #elxn44

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 8. Last week, the (Liberal) $170/tonne carbon tax was again featured in a targeted appeal to Ontarians.

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 9. All of this comes as the War Room is recruiting an ad agency to run next year’s $5M+ ad campaign designed to build a pro-oil social movement

https://twitter.com/climatekeith/status/1433114878340911106

@TomOlsenXIX @CDNEnergyCentre 10. This would all be fair game for a provincial government, but the CEC is a provincially-funded, arms-length corporation (with only UCP Cabinet ministers on its board). So shouldn't the War Room register as a 3rd party and report like everyone else? #ableg #cdnpoli #elxn44