FOREIGNERS ATTACKING CANADA'S OIL INDUSTRY

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has unearthed the danger Russians pose to all democracies through their dirty tricks, lobbying efforts, hacking, and social media propaganda campaigns.

While there has never been a Mueller-like investigation in Canada, foreign incursions have shaped public policy – and anti-oil efforts – for years. In 2018, it was revealed the same Russian secret service organization that meddled in the 2016 U.S. election has been behind anti-pipeline attacks against Canada through intermediaries.

And where has Ottawa been on this issue? Only last week Ottawa warned that it’s now “very likely” Canadian voters will encounter some form of foreign cyber interference during the run-up to October’s federal election.Yet Canada’s oil and pipeline industry, and democracy, have already been greatly damaged by Russians, Americans, and others for years. And such attacks, for political reasons, were ignored.